Two and a half decades in negotiations, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway remains stalled on basic issues, with no clear way forward

With the exception of Kazakhstan, Central Asian countries did not take the opportunity to ramp up their emissions reduction targets at the Climate Ambition Summit in December 2020. An environmental campaigner says realisation of the climate crisis is dawning in the region, and that this must be matched with increased ambition

The saiga antelope has been around since the Ice Age, but poaching, habitat loss and mass die-offs were catastrophic until conservation across Central Asia started to work

Experts are calling on their governments to strengthen oversight of Belt and Road Initiative projects as anger rises over their environmental and social impacts

The presence of pesticides such as DDT in human breast milk reveals that poor management of storage sites has left a toxic legacy across the region, says a doctor and researcher

Countries must set aside territorial disputes and work together to clean up radioactive waste seeping into rivers and farmland in the Ferghana Valley – causing an environmental and health catastrophe for people living in the region

Kumtor, a new documentary, explores the exploitation and cover-ups surrounding a Canadian gold mining company in Kyrgyzstan

The saiga antelope has been around since the Ice Age, but poaching, habitat loss and mass die-offs had been catastrophic until conservation across Central Asia started working

Although Covid-19 has hit the tourism industry hard, the example of Kyrgyzstan, with its beautiful landscapes and rich traditions, shows that ecotourism can be a path to a sustainable future