SUCCESSIVE SESSION OF THE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMISSION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WAS HELD

On January 30, 2021 successive session of the Inter-Departmental Commission on the environmental protection was held in the premises of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection of Turkmenistan. The Commission was created with the aim of expansion of the cooperation of Turkmenistan with various international organizations in the sphere of nature protection as well as ensuring the fulfillment of our country’s obligations, arising from signed and ratified international agreements in this field.

Within the session the issues connected with the Work plan for 2021 and with the provisions about the “Working group on international agreements on the issues of climate change” and “Working group on international agreements on biodiversity” have been considered. In addition the issues of implementation of the current international agreements in the sphere of environment protection were discussed.

Besides that at the session the participants considered the draft of the Regional Program on Environmental Protection for Sustainable Development of Central Asia, prepare with the participation of the representatives of Central Asian countries during the chairmanship of Turkmenistan in the Inter-state Commission on Sustainable Development of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea.