A 3.1 magnitude earthquake occurred in Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea on Tuesday, according to the Republican Seismic Survey Center of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. The quake, depth of 62 km, was recorded at 12:09 local time ...

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake rattled Azerbaijan’s Shahbuz district on Thursday, according to the Republican Seismic Survey Center of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday welcomed the announcement of the new U.S. administration to re-enter the Paris Agreement on climate change, according to Xinhua. "I warmly welcome President (Joe) Biden's steps ...

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake has struck Azerbaijan’s Shamakhi district, according to the Republican Seismic Survey Center of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. The quake, depth of 8 km, was recorded at 12:12 local time ...

The Council of the Global Environment Facility, or GEF, agreed to support FAO projects in Azerbaijan and Tajikistan in worth of USD 12.5 million in total. For the first, two new initiatives will reduce (and reverse) land degradation and conserve biodiversity ...

Azerbaijan has officially joined one of the projects implemented under the FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme on Food and Agriculture (FTPP II) titled Capacity Development for Sustainable ...

A fraternal group of Azerbaijani-Turkish mountaineers climbed the "Heydar Peak" and "Ataturk Peak" in memory of the national leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev and the founder of the Turkish Republic, the leader of the fraternal Turkish people Mustafa Kemal Ataturk ...

Shortages and scarcity of water must be promptly addressed at a global level, as they affect more than 3 billion people around the world overall, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) urged in its flagship SOFA report issued on Thursday, according to Xinhua ...

The next tree-planting campaigns have been held in Garalar village of the liberated Gubadli district of Azerbaijan, near the site of the 300-year-old Oriental plane tree natural monument, destroyed by the Armenian occupants, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources told AZERTAC ...

“The rivers and lakes of the liberated Kalbajar district will be re-studied and evaluated”, representative of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Faig Mutallimov has told AZERTAC ...

Aggressive Armenia has been committing large-scale acts of ecological terror, causing serious damage to natural monuments, biodiversity, forest areas, underground and surface natural resources in the territories of Azerbaijan, which are under occupation ...

Armenia is committing a real environmental terror against Azerbaijan, press secretary of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Irada Ibrahimova told AZERTAC. "The invasive Armenia, which continues crimes against humanity and kills civilians ...

“State-aggressor Armenia has been occupying Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas for more than thirty years and committed crimes in these territories, which have become out of the control of the international community. For ...

“As a result of spontaneous exploitation in the territories occupied by the country-aggressor Armenia, the region's natural resources, environment and biodiversity have been severely damaged. Our forests rich in valuable species of trees and shrubs have been purposefully ...

Environmental Public Council of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan addressed a statement to international organizations and countries on recent military provocations and 30-year aggression of the Armenian armed forces against ...

Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources has appealed to international organizations with regard to the damage caused to the nature of the country and the environment of the region as a result of the recent military provocations and ...

Yet another environmental campaign was held at the beaches of Baku under the motto “Protect the Caspian Sea!” within the frames of the International Coastal Cleanup Day. Organized by the “Coca-Cola”, Bakcell, PASHA Bank, “Carlsberg”, “AzEcol”, ASAN ...

On 19 September 2020, the EU Delegation organised #EUBeachCleanup campaign jointly with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources as part of the International Coastal Clean-up Day. Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Mukhtar Babayev ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged governments to incorporate "meaningful" climate action in all aspects of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Xinhua. Addressing ministers at a virtual meeting on sustainable recovery from ...

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the European Union (EU) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have announced the winners of the “Ozun Yarat” competition. Over 200 submissions were received on Azerbaijan’s first upcycling platform, launched this World ...