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Fish and Fur
Moynaq is know for what it used to be, a major fishing town. This old, poetic video shows that it also had a fur industry. Kate of the BC team came across the video in a local Telegram group Суратлардаги тарих, “history in pictures”. Translation of the Russian commentary in…
Mizdakhan Review
Next Stop Nukus (NSN) is a tourism and English language improvement project initiated through the Small Grants Program by the U.S. Embassy Tashkent Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State. The aim of NSN is to increase English language skills of university students and help develop the…
Poem: Арал теңиз ултанинан кеп турман
With our logo contest, we were also sent a video from a young Karakalpak poet, Aydos Umirbaev. We loved the poem and wanted to share it and a short interview with the poet. We would love translations of this poem in the other langues of this website – please contact…
Beyond Catastrophe logo competition: Winner Announcement
Contents Introduction 4th place: Shomurodova Zilola Kallibek 3rd place: Yuldashev Islambek Ikram 2nd place: Torejanov Islamjan Berdijan 1st place: Atanazarov Masharifboy Qadam Introduction On November 30th we announced the Seeing Beyond Catastrophe logo contest! We asked across social media for submissions of artwork that represent or imagine the future of…
Tigers to return to extinct Caspian tiger range
& what it means for global wildlife conservation
Hello! My name is Saxon. Thanks for joining us here on Beyond Catastrophe’s first “story”. I’m a documentary filmmaker currently producing a series about the future of the Aral Sea region, called Mission: Find Aral. Here, I would like to share a remarkable wildlife conservation story that I became aware…