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The efforts included Syr Darya Control & Northern Aral Sea (NAS) project. [4] The $86 million NAS project, funded jointly by the World Bank through a loan of $65 million and the Government of Kazakhstan which covered the rest, was designed to mitigate the environmental and economic damage to the region, sustain and increase agriculture and fishing in the Syr Darya basin and secure the ...
In 1994 the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the United States Environmental Protection Agency agreed to give Kazakhstan $62 million to help the country overcome ecological problems. Natural hazards Earthquakes in the south, and mud slides around Almaty Environment—current issues
Spearheaded by its booming oil industry, Kazakhstan was able to produce 60% of the GDP of Central Asia while it experienced an average of 10% growth rates from 1996 through 2006. [3] The rapid growth in the economy meant that the World Bank's efforts in Kazakhstan have been primarily focused on the country's dire environmental issues.
Important Bird Areas of Kazakhstan (19 P) K. Kazakh Uplands (88 P) N. Natural history of Kazakhstan (4 C, 1 P) ... Environmental issues in Kazakhstan; M.
Emin Valley steppe (Kazakhstan, China) Gissaro-Alai open woodlands (Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) Kazakh forest steppe (Kazakhstan, Russia) Kazakh steppe (Kazakhstan, Russia) Kazakh upland ; Pontic steppe (Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan) Tian Shan foothill arid steppe (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China)
Kazakhstan has the 62nd largest population in the world, with a population density of less than 6 people per square kilometre (15 per sq. mi.). Kazakhstan declared itself an independent country on December 16, 1991, the last Soviet republic to do so. Its communist-era leader, Nursultan Nazarbayev, became the country's new president.
Pages in category "Environmental issues by country" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. ... Environmental issues in Kazakhstan;
The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources is a central executive body of the Government of Kazakhstan, providing leadership in the areas of formation and implementation of state policy, coordination of management processes in the areas of environmental protection, development of the green economy, waste management (excluding municipal, medical and radioactive waste), protection, control ...