which negatively affected the fish and vegetation and posed a health threat to humans. Nurzhigitov outlined the second phase ...

When Maria Zadneprovskaya first saw the Aral Sea in 2021, she was overcome by a ... disappearance of many of the more than 30 species of fish caught for commercial purposes. Now marked by sparse ...

Last July the eastern sea dried up entirely. Each of these boats used to haul in tons of fish every year. The fleet has been rusting near the former Uzbek port of Muynoq since the Aral dried up ...

Stacey Dooley is driven across the seabed, now reduced almost entirely to dust.

The shrunken sea has ruined the once-robust fishing economy and left fishing ... I was so shocked,” he said. The Aral Sea catastrophe is one of Ban’s top concerns on his six-day trip through ...

These efforts will continue to improve water quality, protect biodiversity, boost the fisheries industry, enhance agricultural practices, and combat environmental degradation. The projects aim to ...