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Turkmenistan's Battle Against Desert Sand

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Residents in the remote Turkmen village of Bokurdak have long depended on the Karakum Desert for their livelihoods, cultivating every square metre they can in a constant battle with nature.

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Turkmenistan's battle against desert sand

Residents in the remote Turkmen village of Bokurdak have long depended on the Karakum Desert for their livelihoods, cultivating every square metre they can in a constant battle with nature.

In the heart of the Karakoum desert, the inhabitants and authorities are implementing greening strategies to contain soil erosion, a major ecological and economic challenge for all Central Asia. The village of Bokurdak, lost in the immensity of Karakoum, illustrates the pressure exerted by desertification. Its inhabitants, the gomly, have been seeing for years [...] Read more Turkmenistan in front of the inexorable advance of sands appeared firs…

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KULR-TV broke the news in Billings, United States on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
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