This website is part of an ongoing project begun in spring 2007 to collect and disseminate information about environmental issues in Central Eurasia. The primary focus is the politics of the environment in the region. Relevant information on public health, economics and political economy, climate and hydrology, wildlife biology, energy, is or will be added.

Our site intends to promote the study of environmental politics in Central Asia holistically, transdisciplinarily, comparatively, locally and regionally. For example, we provide information on regional water politics yet also tackle the issues of disputes over natural resource distribution at the local level and in near border zones. 

The research group working on this website is composed of undergraduate students at Bucknell University. Most are from the Environmental Studies program, but some students also hail from Russian Studies, Political Science, International Relations, Economics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology. Our website is a work in progress; it develops based on a combination of need and student research interests. The work of several students has been funded by generous donations made to the Environmental Studies Program and we are ever thankful for this support.    

This research group is led by Dr. Amanda Wooden, Asst. Professor of Environmental Policy & Politics in the Environmental Studies Program (ENST) at Bucknell University (see "The Team" page). ENST offers a B.A. and a B.S. and include themes of study such as "environmental politics, policy, and economics" and "international environmental perspectives". Some contributions to this project have been made by students enrolled in Environmental Studies courses that fit these themes, such as “The Politics and Economics of International Environmental Aid” and “Politics of the Environment in Transitional Economies”.