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Recognizing the close connection between environmental issues and security, the OSCE assists participating States with the sustainable use and sound management of natural resources. It supports projects to improve water management, deal with soil degradation and dispose safely of toxic and radioactive waste. It works to raise environmental awareness and promote public participation in environmental decision-making.

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OSCE Centre helps promote Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan

KORGALZHINO, Kazakhstan, 29 July 2013 – The OSCE Centre in Astana co-organized a capacity-building seminar to promote public access to environmental information and participation in decision-making and justice on environmental issues by advancing the work of the national Aarhus Centres. The event started today in Korgalzhino Natural Reserve Park, in Central Kazakhstan... ()
The river Dniester (Nistru) near the city of Bendery in Transdniestria, 1 June 2006.

OSCE Head of Mission to Moldova welcomes agreement on environmental co-operation between Moldova, Transdniestria

CHISINAU, 26 July 2013 – Today the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova welcomed the signature of the joint action plan on preservation of natural resources between the co-chairs of the expert working group on agriculture and environmental issues, Viorel Gutu and Yurii Ursul... ()

OSCE organizes environmental education camp for children from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

An ecological summer camp organized by the OSCE for the children of officers from the state border services of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan took place on 20 July 2013 in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan...

Kyrgyzstan’s plans to open second Aarhus Centre discussed at OSCE-supported meeting in Bishkek

BISHKEK, 19 July 2013 – The planned opening of Kyrgyzstan’s second Aarhus Centre and details to its future activities were discussed at an OSCE-supported roundtable meeting in Bishkek today... ()
Nazhmadin Musabayev, the former governor of the Aral Region, gives an interview at the Kokaral dam regarding the current situation in the region.

OSCE Centre supports discussion on water management and green economy development in Kazakhstan

KYZYLORDA, Kazakhstan, 10 July 2013 – An international conference on best practices in integrated water resource management as part of the Kazakhstan’s national strategy on the transition to a green economy began in Kyzylorda today... ()

OSCE, partners launch project to fight climate change effects in Dniester/Nistru basin

CHISINAU, 10 July 2013 – Developing a climate-change adaptation strategy for the Dniester/Nistru basin and a joint response action plan for governments of Moldova and Ukraine are the focus of a new joint three-year project officially launched today at an event in Chisinau... ()

OSCE, UNECE project on climate change in Dniester/Nistru basin to be launched tomorrow

CHISINAU, 9 July 2013 – Developing a climate-change adaptation strategy for the Dniester/Nistru basin and a joint response action plan for governments of the Moldova and Ukraine are the focus of a new joint three-year project of the OSCE and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) to be officially launched tomorrow in Chisinau... ()
A high school student from Novi Pazar puts together the components of a solar panel during an educational camp on environmental issues, Sremski Karlovci, Serbia, 28 June 2013.

OSCE Mission to Serbia supports educational camp on environmental issues

Thanks to organizational and financial support from the OSCE Mission to Serbia, and in co-operation with the Vojvodina Environmental Movement, 16 youth leaders from high schools through southwest Serbia were able to take part in an educational camp on energy security and environmental democracy in the town of Sremski Karlovci 22-30 June...
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