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© youtube.com/YKnews Kz Jellyfish in Kazakhstan? A resident of Ust-Kamenogorsk in Kazakhstan has made a video purporting to show jellyfish in a local water pond.
10 October 2014
Aral Sea dry bottom ©RIA Novosti/Alexei Kulikov Kazakhstan in effort to stop disastrous desertification The United Nations has recognized desertification as one of the global environmental problems. Kazakhstan has joined the efforts to fight desertification but there is a long way to go and many obstacles to overcome.
03 October 2014
Pictures of the Aral Sea in 2000 (left) and in August 2014 (right). ©NASA NASA image shows part of Aral Sea completely disappear for first time in centuries The American space agency has a published a photo taken in August, which shows the eastern basin of the Southern Sea completely dried up.
02 October 2014
©Yaroslav Radlovsky Green Belt around Astana to be extended Unused land around Astana will serve as the tree planting grounds.
28 August 2014
©RIA Novosti Toxic mine leak turns Mexico river orange Authorities imposed restrictions on the water supply in Mexico, after toxic substances from a nearby mine reportedly turned a river orange.
11 August 2014
Photo courtesy of ziv.ru Weather is not affected by rocket launches: Kazakh Minister of Emergency Situations Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Bozhko expressed his opinion concerning commentaries of local environmentalists who said that rocket launches affected weather conditions in Kazakhstan.
21 July 2014
Lake Shalkar covered in strange grey mass. © <a href="http://www.uralskweek.kz/" target="_blank">Uralsk Week</a> 'Apocalyptic' scene at Lake Shalkar in Western Kazakhstan An unidentified grey mass has polluted the shores of Lake Shalkar in West Kazakhstan Oblast.
09 July 2014
©RIA Novosti Russia fights against Kazakhstan Ecological Code at Baikonur: Mussabayev Chairman of KazCosmos National Space Agency Mussabayev said that Russia opposes introduction of the Ecological Code of Kazakhstan at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
25 June 2014
©REUTERS Car recycling in Kazakhstan to cost $425 million According to the Association of Kazakhstan Auto Business (AKAB) president Andrey Lavrentiyev, it takes $425 million to introduce recycling of used cars in Kazakhstan.
24 June 2014
Photo courtesy of forummira.ru Astana green belt development: pheasant breeding Pheasant breeding in the Astana Green Belt will help insect-pest control in the area.
20 June 2014
Photo ©  <a href="http://altaynews.kz/" target="_blank">Altaynews.kz</a> Kazakhstan to value national parks over mineral resources: Baigarin Kazakhstan National Geographic Association urges to protect 30% of Kazakhstani land from economic activity.
26 May 2014
Photo ©lada.kz Massive fish die-off at Caspian Sea Eco Mangystau, a non-governmental agency, reported a mass fish die-off in Kazakhstan's section of the Caspian sea.
21 May 2014
Japan kills 251 minke whales in final Antarctic hunt Japan killed 251 minke whales during the 2014 Antarctic hunt, in what is expected to be the last "research whaling" mission in the Southern Ocean after an international court ruling.
09 April 2014
Photo courtesy of aksuwiki.org Aksu plant faces fine of $620 thousand for environmental damage Aksu Ferrousalloy plant will face a fine of $620 thousand for causing environmental damage in Kazakhstan.
08 April 2014
Photo a courtesy of  rodnik-cmw.ru 7 thousand tests cannot explain sleep syndrome 7 thousands tests have been made in Kalachi village in Akmola Oblast over the past year.
24 March 2014
Photo a courtesy of yachtsworld.ru Yachting Championship on Lake Balkhash Yacht Racing World Championship will bring more than 60 boats to Balkhash, Kazakhstan.
24 March 2014
©Reuters NCOC and Agip to dispute Kashagan fine NCOC and Agip KCO intend to dispute the $737 million damage compensation for the break down at the Kashagan oil-field in court.
22 March 2014
Island D at Kashagan field. ©Reuters Kashagan operator fined $737 million for flaring Kazakhstan ecologists are demanding that the Kashagan field operator pays a fine of $737 million to compensate the environmental damage.
21 March 2014
We need to pull together to save oceans: Kerry US Secretary of State John Kerry warned royalty, corporate kings and environmental warriors that governments won't save the seas without "significant impetus" from every sphere of society.
26 February 2014
Killer whales die in rare New Zealand mass stranding A pod of nine killer whales died Wednesday in a rare mass stranding on the New Zealand coast, in a loss conservationists said was a major blow to the local orca population.
12 February 2014

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