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C.Africa elephant population down 62% in 10 years: NGOs Poaching on an "industrial" scale has slashed the elephant population in the countries of central Africa by nearly two-thirds.

27 April 2013

Mozambique's elephants under threat Mozambique's elephant population risks being obliterated within a decade unless tight anti-poaching measures are introduced, conservationists have warned.

25 April 2013

Villagers in West Kazakhstan oppose construction of oil wastes storage Residents of Gorbunovo village in West-Kazakhstan oblast have stood against construction of a dumping site for storage and processing of drill cuttings near their village.

24 April 2013

Greenpeace activists board coal ship off Australia reef Six activists from conservation group Greenpeace boarded a coal carrier on the outskirts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Wednesday calling for an end to exports of the fuel.

24 April 2013

Late 20th century was warmest in 1,400 years Earth was cooling until the end of the 19th century and a hundred years later, the planet's surface was on average warmer than at any time in the previous 1,400 years.

23 April 2013

British panda given helping hand in quest for cub Experts at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland have artificially inseminated Britain's only female giant panda Tian Tian after she failed to mate with her male partner, Yang Guang.

22 April 2013

Frenchman fights off crocodile in Australia A French deckhand survived after a crocodile latched onto his head in northern Australia by punching the reptile repeatedly until it let go.

22 April 2013

Indonesia moves towards approving deforestation plan The Indonesian government has said it aims to approve within a month a plan that would free up vast swathes of protected virgin rainforest on Sumatra island for commercial exploitation.

19 April 2013

Kazakhstan allows import of 12 million tons of bottom ash wastes from Russia Kazakhstan government allowed Russia’s Troitsk regional power station to export over 12 million tons of bottom ash wastes for dumping in Kostanay oblast.

19 April 2013

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today, 08:42

NSC and police detained foreigners who arrived in Kazakhstan

today, 09:59

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today, 10:23

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02 July 2012, 17:38

Almaty officially announced capital of Winter Universiade-2017

30 November 2011, 13:40

Another country will block TikTok

today, 09:04

Durov announced AI-powered sticker search in Telegram

today, 09:32

First foreign movie dubbed in Kazakhstan

21 February 2013, 15:49

Kazakhstan students celebrate Nauryz in 7 countries

21 March 2013, 13:57

Trump: US will officially recognize only two genders - male and female

today, 11:38

Hollywood skin guru denies trying to have rival killed

20 March 2014, 12:42

Missing fishermen were rescued in Karaganda region

today, 12:28

Kazakhstan has enough oil, even without Kashagan: Nazarbayev

30 April 2015, 05:38

Aktau named cultural capital of Turkic world: Over 2 billion tenge allocated for preparations

20 December 2024, 23:43

Frost, occasional snow, and blizzards: Weather in Kazakhstan for December 23

today, 10:46

EU lawmakers face close vote on pollution credit freeze Controversial plans to revive the EU's faltering carbon cap-and-trade system so as to cut greenhouse gas emissions face a tough test in the European Parliament.

16 April 2013

Activists plant North Pole flag to fight oil drilling Activists have planted a flag at the North Pole along with millions of signatures calling for the Arctic to be declared a global sanctuary protected from oil drilling.

15 April 2013

Antarctic summer ice melting 10 times faster: study Summer ice in the Antarctic is melting 10 times quicker than it was 600 years ago, with the most rapid melt occurring in the last 50 years.

15 April 2013

Australia to tackle Japan on whaling at UN court Australia is to fire the opening salvoes in a legal battle before the United Nations' highest court in June aimed at stopping Japan's whaling research programme in Antarctica.

12 April 2013

McKinsey to help Kazakhstan develop green economy Kazakhstan Environmental Protection Ministry attracted McKinsey to work out a strategy of the country’s transition to the green economy.

11 April 2013

Asian gecko threatened by medicine trade: TRAFFIC Activists warned Thursday that wild populations of Southeast Asia's striking Tokay Gecko were in danger of being over-hunted for use in traditional medicine in China and other countries.

11 April 2013

Philippines asking $1.4 mn from US for reef damage The Philippines will ask the United States to pay 58 million pesos ($1.4 million) in compensation for damage caused by a US warship to a protected coral reef.

06 April 2013

Japan's whale 'research' is flashpoint in global dispute The Institute of Cetacean Research can be found in a nondescript white-brick office building in Tokyo's port district.

05 April 2013

Munching sheep replace lawn mowers in Paris Four little black sheep on Wednesday left the countryside and began their new careers in the city: working as eco-friendly lawn mowers in a largely working-class district in northeastern Paris.

05 April 2013

Economist warns of 'radical' climate change, millions at risk The author of an influential 2006 study on climate change warned Tuesday that the world could be headed toward warming even more catastrophic than expected but he voiced hope for political action.

04 April 2013