Coordinates: Latitude 42°22"10.2954" Longitude 73°48"48.85092" On January 21, 2022, a report was received from an environmental activist about another accident at the Tuy Asha pass. A vehicle carrying a tank of fuel oil overturned. The video sent illustrated streams of fuel oil flowing down the slope towards the Obla River. This river flows into the Kara-Balta River, which then merges into the transboundary Chu River. This river system is a source of drinking water for the

Coordinates: Latitude 42°787178 Longitude 73°610606 Plastic pollution is represented in many forms, including the contamination of water bodies, water pollution with plastic particles, plastic nets, and so on. A large number of plastic products produced each year are intended for single use: disposable packaging items or products that are typically discarded within a year. Consumers of various types of plastic products often use them once and then throw them away or replace them. The average

Coordinates: Latitude 42°811312 Longitude 74°070639 Semi-illegal dumps are one of the significant factors of pollution that negatively impact natural components: the atmosphere, water sources, soil, and plant and animal life. By being placed directly on the soil cover, dumps remove a significant portion of land from agricultural circulation and the biosphere, introducing pollutants into them. When waste placed in unauthorized dumps ignites, toxic and poisonous substances are released into the

40°24’0430″N 72°20’8483″E Quarries, dumps, dust, smoke, poor atmosphere, and intensive open-pit mining lead to landslides. The landscape is worse than on the Moon; the air is literally saturated with coal dust, leaving a dark residue everywhere—these are the accompanying "charms" of coal mining activities in Kyrgyzstan. Currently, coal extraction in the mining sector of Kyrgyzstan is associated with environmental degradation. The extraction of minerals from the depths is continuously

40°15’2830″N 72°13’4485″E The most common type of extraction of inert materials in Kyrgyzstan for construction includes non-metallic building materials such as crushed stone, sand, gravel, limestone, gypsum, anhydrite, and others. Their extraction exceeds the total extraction of all mined and energy raw materials by more than one and a half times. No construction project can proceed without these materials, whether it be roads or houses. The overwhelming majority of the non-metallic raw

40°15’1772″N 72°21’9585″E Quarries, dumps, dust, smoke, poor atmosphere, and intensive open-pit mining cause landslides. The landscape is worse than on the Moon, the air is literally saturated with coal dust, leaving a dark residue everywhere— the accompanying "charms" of coal mining activities in Kyrgyzstan. Currently, coal extraction in the mining industry of Kyrgyzstan is associated with environmental degradation. The extraction of minerals from the depths is continuously piled on

40°15’1772″N 72°21’9585″E Quarries, dumps, dust, smoke, poor atmosphere, and intensive open-pit mining cause landslides. The landscape is worse than on the Moon, the air is literally saturated with coal dust, leaving a dark residue everywhere—these are the accompanying "charms" of coal mining activities in Kyrgyzstan. Currently, coal extraction in the mining industry of Kyrgyzstan is associated with environmental degradation. The extraction of minerals from the earth is continuously

39°58’8508″N 70°55’5117″E The most common type of extraction of inert materials in Kyrgyzstan for construction includes non-metallic building materials such as crushed stone, sand, gravel, limestone, gypsum, anhydrite, and others. Their extraction exceeds the total extraction of all metallic and energy raw materials by more than one and a half times. No construction site can do without these materials, whether it be roads or houses. The overwhelming majority of the non-metallic raw materials

40°04’2870″N 70°29’5841″E Coal mining is one of the most controversial in terms of profitability and one of the most dangerous in terms of negative impact on ecology and human health within the fuel and energy complex of Kyrgyzstan. Despite the fact that many countries have recently begun to abandon coal in favor of alternative energy sources, thereby provoking a decrease in demand and devaluation of this type of fuel, local authorities still consider coal a promising sector of industry and are

For the project Ecomap.kg 39°49’0178″N 69°37’1302″E Illegal mining is taking place near the village of Golbo, where local residents use sand and gravel materials for their agricultural buildings or private houses. Unfortunately, there is no perfect methodology that allows for an accurate calculation of the damage caused to the environment by illegal mining. Meanwhile, significant areas of extraction always exhibit manifestations of: abrasion, abnormal accumulation, deflation, river (lateral)