41°24’2779″N 72°11’17707″E Extraction and exploration of placer gold in riverbeds and floodplains is one of the most environmentally hazardous types of mining activities. When developing a deposit, environmental legislation norms are not complied with - this concerns land reclamation, negative impacts on water resources (discharges of untreated wastewater into rivers often occur). Placer gold is found in the upper reaches of rivers, essentially at their sources. Negative impacts on the sources

41°17’0882″N 72°12’1670″E The authorities are not responding to the discharge of dirty wastewater into the Naryn River. This has been repeatedly stated by local activists and representatives of the State Inspection for Technical and Environmental Safety. There is an unpleasant smell coming from the treatment facilities. Local residents associate this with the fact that the facilities are simply not being cleaned. "We have already collected signatures and asked to resolve the problem. But

At the address s. Nizhnyaya Ala-Archa, ul. Kirgizskaya 374, a public bath has been operating for several years. They mainly use waste from sewing workshops for heating. The burning of synthetic fabric scraps produces caustic black smoke. There is nothing to breathe in the entire block. The ground is covered with black sticky soot. The neighbors' appeal to our aiyl okmotu resulted in the owner of this bath threatening to beat everyone up. After that, people are afraid to file complaints. I ask

41°18’4662″N 72°11’3533″E The authorities are not responding to the discharge of dirty wastewater into the Naryn River. This has been repeatedly stated by local activists and representatives of the State Inspection for Technical and Environmental Safety. There is an unpleasant smell coming from the treatment facilities. Local residents attribute this to the fact that the facilities are simply not being cleaned. "We have already collected signatures, asking to resolve the problem. But there

42°48'07.4"N 74°36'25.8"E Location "Panorama". During the heating season, smog hangs over Bishkek, which does not dissipate for a long time. The main cause of air pollution is the combustion of fuel.

75°49’32.837″E 42°22’45.336″N At the Tash-Bulak deposit in the Ton district of the Issyk-Kul region, reclamation work has not yet been carried out. More than a year ago, residents of Balakchi and the Ton district opposed the planned uranium extraction at the Tash-Bulak deposit. The government instructed to suspend work at the uranium deposit until the completion of an environmental assessment for the Kyzyl-Ompul area, located in the Ton district of the Issyk-Kul region and the Kochkor district

75°53’53.988″E 42°18’08.519″N According to local residents, there is a dump near the Semiz-Bel and Kochkor villages close to the reservoir. The amount of garbage at the dump increases every day, and during windy weather, trash gets blown into the reservoir. The distance between the reservoir and the dump is 500 meters. Among the garbage, there are carcasses of animals.

75°54’04.367″E 42°17’50.964″N According to local residents, there is a dump near the reservoir where the villages of Semiz-Bel and Kochkor are located. The amount of garbage at the dump increases every day, and during windy conditions, the trash ends up in the reservoir. The distance between the reservoir and the dump is 500 meters. Among the garbage, there are carcasses of animals. “When the number of children with diarrhea began to rise in the village of Orto-Tokoy, a study was conducted. It

76°07’34.817″E 42°25’20.117″N According to experts, illegal dumps are a serious source of environmental pollution. In the depths of the garbage pile, decomposition processes occur, involving anaerobic bacteria. As a result of this process, toxic biological gas is released, one of the components of which is methane. Deep contamination of the soil occurs, foul air is carried by the wind over long distances, and if groundwater is present beneath the dump, it is practically poisoned by toxins.

Area: Jetty-Oguz. Accessibility: The last 3 km is a dirt road. This site is a former runway for aircraft that sprayed pesticides and fertilizers on crops. The runway is located in an agricultural region and was purchased by the current owner three years ago. The runway was closed due to economic reasons following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990 and had a storage building for pesticides and a mixing area for pesticide solutions. The runway is now used as agricultural land. The storage