qaraqalpaq.com
This website, by David and Sue Richardson, is a good source of information about the people of Karakalpakstan, especially on textiles, national clothing, and yurts. The page appears to have been last updated in 2012.
A tiny shrimp is a lifeline for communities by the Aral Sea
This article, by Beyond Catastrophe’s Saxon Bosworth, provides an overview of brine shrimp or artemia in the West Aral and highlights the importance of this tiny creature for local livelihoods, aquaculture, and perhaps even as a food source.
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 the video, by Gulzhan Yermekova:…
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 tourism industry within Karakalpakstan. Students…
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 us if you can help!…
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 the Aral Sea region. We…
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 of in my time living…
Environment and Post-Soviet Transformation in Kazakhstan’s Aral Sea Region: Sea Changes
Abstract: The Aral Sea is well known for its devastating regression over the second half of the twentieth century, and for its recent partial restoration. Environment and Post-Soviet Transformation in Kazakhstan’s Aral Sea Region is the first book to explore what these monumental changes have meant to those living on the sea’s shores. Following the…
Flora and Fauna around Touristic Sights in Khorezm and Karakalpakstan
Much of the content for our Encyclopedia of Life came from this publication produced by the “Sustainable Economic Development in Selected Regions of Uzbekistan” project commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
Journal article: ‘Water Is Life’-Farmer R in Khorezm, Uzbekistan: A Lifeworld Analysis
Abstract: Khorezm Province is located in the Amu Darya lowlands ofUzbekistan, where unsustainable use of irrigation water has led to the Aral Sea crisis. This study deals with the question of how farmers in Khorezm perceive water and its management and how this facilitates or prevents water conservation, or “water saving,” in irrigated agriculture. To…
