Bactria, a huge area in todays' Afghanistan, was the eastern edge of the ancient Greek empire, established by Alexander the ...

A CEE Bankwatch background report stressed that the evaporation of the Aral Sea was caused by extensive damming on the middle and lower portions of the Amu Darya ... map designed by the NGO coalition ...

The appeal goes on to argue that some of the projects threaten “unique river basins ... on the middle and lower portions of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, Central Asia’s two main ...

Environmental organizations have called on international development banks to reconsider their support for dam construction projects in Central Asia, warning of irreversible damage to the region’s ...

The Amu Darya also registered higher than expected inflow into reservoirs. Even so, water flow along the river tended to be lower than forecasted volume. Accordingly, water usage was lower than ...

Rice is a pillar of Uzbekistan’s agriculture and cuisine. The climate crisis affecting the region’s two main rivers means that a shallower Amu Darya River is forcing farmers to leave traditional ...

The first water from the Amu Darya river could be fed into the 287-kilometer-long irrigation canal before the end of this year. In the long term, the canal is intended to open up huge areas for ...

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Bukhara was another six hours farther east via a high road that meanders beside the Amu Darya River and across miles and miles of open desert. Founded by the ancient Persians, the city was ...

Turkmen and Uzbek officials have discussed bilateral cooperation on the rational use of water resources and minimizing water losses in the Amu Darya River. From March 13-14, a delegation from ...