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The first ever lawsuit filed by NGOs against the Government of Kazakhstan has received a continuance. The Review Board of the Supreme Court satisfied the complaint filed by the public association “Zhasil Dala” and the Ecological Society “Green Salvation” with its decision to continue to review the case regarding relocating the residents of the village of Berezovka.
Light, heat, hot water – all these comfort life components can be abundant and absolutely free, and there is no need to even burn coal for that. Don’t you believe it? Come and check yourself at the New Energy course organized by the Center of biophysical ecology of Kazakh national university named after al-Farabi. The course is organized for schoolchildren from the town of Balkhash since 2004.
September 10, 2009, Review Board of the Court of Astana city held hearings of a complaint for review submitted by the Ecological Society “Green Salvation”, Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, and Public Association “Shanyrak”. The lawsuit was mounted to protect interests of the citizens of Berezovka village (West-Kazakhstan oblast).
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The people of the Republic of Kazakhstan express great concern for the planned “Moinak Electricity Transmission Project”, prepared by the joint stock company “Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operating Company” (KEGOC). According to this plan, construction is proposed for two 220 kV overhead transmission lines (OHTL), which will connect the Moinak Hydro Power Plant on the Charyn River (Raimbek District, Almaty Oblast) with acting electricity grids. It is planned that OHTL will cross through the territory of the Charyn and Altyn-Emel national parks. KEGOC has applied for project financing from the World Bank.
An open letter with the demand to make changes in the project in order to move OHTL away from the borders of national parks, was supported by 85 citizens and different organizations in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, who care about the fate of these unique corners of nature. The Ecological Society Green Salvation thanks everyone who supported the letter!
On May 19, the letter was sent to the President, the Parliament, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Forestry and Hunting Committee, and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
On June 1, the Minister of Agriculture, A. K. Kurishbaev, responded to an open public letter regarding the Moinak Electricity Transmission Project. According to the Minister's letter, published on the official blog, “the Forestry and Hunting Committee proposed that “Energostroiproekt” Ltd., which is selecting and coordinating the route of the overhead transmission lines (OHTL), consider the possibility of constructing OHTL outside the boundaries of the Altyn-Emel and Charyn national parks” (letter #25-02-09-25/2611 from 05/20/2009).
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 Nature, human, culture - are the universe, and we have only started to recognize its first edges. These and many other topics are being brought up for discussion in the club “Green Lens”. The club hosts many interesting meetings with movie-makers and amateurs who film the nature, scientists-environmentalists and non-profit organization representatives. And of course, meetings with interesting movies.
 A booklet “Visiting National Park” was recently published.
It explains simple rules one needs to know and follow, in order to make a visit to a nature site, shiny sun, endless blue sky, beautiful birds, and animals only a pleasant experience.
On June 10, 2009 the Board on Civil Affairs of the Astana City Court considered appeals by Green Salvation, the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights, and the NGO “Shanyrak” and by the Chief State Sanitary Doctor. The case was submitted on behalf of the residents of the village of Berezovka (Western Kazakhstan Oblast).
In their appeal, submitted on May 14, the plaintiffs requested the that “the decision of the Specialized Interregional Economic Court (SIEC) of Astana City on April 30, 2009, regarding the failure of the government and ministries to act, be overturned as illegal, and the case sent to be considered on the grounds of its legal requirements by another judge.”
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There is no other way to describe what is going on in Kazakhstan’s specially protected natural territories. In the Ile-Alatau National Park, aside from the construction of resorts, restaurants, sports facilities and nightclubs, sanitary felling of the forests is taking place in practically all of the gorges. According to the law, this is permitted, but must be conducted in strict compliance with established rules.
That which we see in the photographs is more like the industrial preparation of timber in the vast expanses of Siberia than of sanitary felling. Is this really sanitary felling? Maybe the forest plots are being cleared for the construction of the next private restaurants and cottages? Or to make money on the sale of timber? Did the initiators of these clearings consider the environmental and social consequences? Isn’t the sanitary felling of forests being conducted too widely and uncontrollably in the national parks?
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Welcome to the new Green Salvation web pages!
We are updating our site.
If you are looking for information from the old pages, please click HERE.
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