Danara Ismetova

Danara Ismetova is a freelance journalist based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She writes about society in central Asia.

Articles by this author (3)

11 December 2020

Will Kazakhstan’s booming cryptocurrency mining industry be a boon or a danger for the environment?

In 2019, a French company specialising in blockchain technology invested in a bitcoin mining farm near the Kapshagay Dam in Kazakhstan, attracted [...]Read the full article

What price will Kazakhstan pay for attracting ski tourists?

1 April 2019

Environment

What price will Kazakhstan pay for attracting ski tourists?

Plans to build a new ski station in the south of the country have been the subject of debate for years. Civil society fears that the development [...]Read the full article

30 July 2014

Environment

The water crisis dividing Kyrgyzstan

Water shortages caused by an unprecedented drought coupled with an inefficient irrigation system are fuelling tensions in Kyrgyzstan’s rural [...]Read the full article

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