Nature Preserve gets Fire-fighting Facilities

    By Lyudmila Malko     Storage facilities for fire-fighting equipment are being built in the Altai-Sayan nature preserve near Ust-Kamenogorsk in East Kazakhstan Oblast, according to kazinform.kz.     Germany’s ministry of environment is financing the facilities and equipment for combating forest fires. The United Nations Development Program is providing technical assistance.     Project adviser Oleg Chugunkov said...