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16,000 trees and bushes planted in Almaty in 2012
Almaty Akimat (city authorities) is implementing a vegetation rejuvenation plan.
23 July 2012
LA bear who became Twitter star back in wild
A bear which became a minor star in Los Angeles, with over 24,000 Twitter followers, was returned to the wild Sunday after being found asleep in a tree.
16 July 2012
Kazakhstan miners and metallurgists ask to suspend emission sanctions until 2015
Kazakhstan Association of Mining and Metallurgical Companies has asks to give new companies time until they get on their feet.
05 July 2012
We have no control over ecological situation at Caspian Sea: Kazakhstan Environmental Protection Minister
We are more concerned over creation of a powerful monitoring system at the Caspian Sea, which we lack completely: Kazakhstan Minister.
12 June 2012
Kazakhstan to impose an environment penalty on Russia
Russia purchases Kazakh coal for its Troitsk hydropower plant, but the ash is brought back to Kazakhstan.
12 June 2012
Waste recycling facility to be launched in Astana in July
Only 5% of all waste produced in Kazakhstan is recycled, with the other waste being kept at dumps.
11 June 2012
Falcons treated in UAE freed to wild in Kazakhstan
66 falcons treated in Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital (ADFH) are going to be let go into the wild in Kazakhstan in 2012.
09 May 2012
10 000 hectares of Aral sea bottom will be wooded this year
It is planned to wood spring forest improvement plants in 9.5 hectares of the Aral Sea bottom.
01 May 2012
36 thousand trees and bushes were planted in Almaty last year
More than 36 thousand of green plantings were planted in Almaty last year.
15 April 2012
Karachaganak Petroleum Operating fined $50 million
Karachaganak Petroleum Operating was fined $50 million for emissions.
05 April 2012
Kazakhstan residents are asked to turn off the light on March 31 as part of Earth Hour
Kazakhstan will take part in Earth Hour ecological campaign for the fourth time.
26 March 2012
A possible oil spill at Kashagan could be compared to the Mexican Gulf disaster: Environment Minister
The oilfield lies some 4,200 meters below the shallow waters of the northern part of the Caspian Sea and is highly pressured (770 bar of initial pressure).
10 February 2012
Kazakhstan government to discuss ecological situation of industrial cities
Kazakhstan government will hold a meeting on the ecological situation of the industrial cities of Kazakhstan.
01 February 2012
The Caspian Sea got on the list of “irreplaceable” ecosystems of the world
The list also includes Lake Baikal, Hawaii, the Galapagos Islands, the Amazon River basin, the Mediterranean Sea, the Yangdze, Indus and Gang Rivers, San Felix and Juan Fernández islands and the Kerguelen Archipelago.
03 August 2011
Oil companies may be obliged to invest into beluga sturgeon breeding projects at the Caspian: Environment Minister Nurgali Ashim
Populations of beluga sturgeon have declined by nearly 90% in recent decades due to the high demand for black caviar, inadequate management, and habitat degradation.
16 June 2011
Kazakhstan planning to decrease emmissions into the atmosphere
Kazakhstan Environmental Protection Minister called to tightening ecological requirements to companies.
12 June 2011
Turan tiger population to be restored
The Ussuri tigers are going to be brought to Kazakhstan in a step to restore the Turan tiger population in 2014-2015.
21 April 2011
Temirtau company fined for environamental damage
According to Temirtau Prosecutor's office, Bassel Group LLS was fined $30 thousand for ecological damage.
20 April 2011