Environmental Performance Review of Turkmenistan reveals soil salinity, waterlogging, land degradation and biodiversity loss are top environmental challenges for the country

The Environmental Performance Review of Turkmenistan, performed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), takes stock of progress made by Turkmenistan since 2000 in 13 areas of importance to the country related to ...
[Friday, 21 December 2012]

UNECE Air Convention Parties adopt more stringent controls of heavy metals emissions and measures to help Parties from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia to join in

Following three years of negotiations, Parties to the 1998 Protocol on Heavy Metals under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution adopted historic amendments on 13 December 2012, ...
[Wednesday, 19 December 2012]

Improved monitoring and information exchange in the Dniester River Basin between Republic of Moldova and Ukraine

On 17 December, two automated flow-monitoring stations in the Ukrainian part of the Dniester River Basin were opened during an official ceremony, followed by a press conference. The stations, which will serve among others ...
[Tuesday, 18 December 2012]

Second Environmental Performance Review of Tajikistan highlights lack of access to clean water and sanitation and need for improved waste management

Access to clean water and improved sanitation and waste management remain some of the most pressing environmental challenges for Tajikistan according to the second Environmental Performance Review of Tajikistan published today. The Review, performed by ...
[Friday, 14 December 2012]