The tasks in the field of nature protection are considered

On April 6, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with a presentation on events in the field of nature protection.

As part of the ongoing administrative reform in the country, the Ministry of Natural Resources was organized. Currently, there are many urgent issues to be solved in the field.

There are opportunities for the development of ecotourism in nature reserves and nurseries, as well as hunting tourism in the relevant farms, while taking all necessary measures to protect nature. In this regard, the task has been set to attract tourists to natural sites, organize nurseries for breeding predatory animals.

The President paid special attention to the issues of protection of air, water, land resources and underground wealth.

In particular, at more than 500 enterprises, water treatment facilities do not meet the standards, at some enterprises there are no such facilities at all. The small amount of compensation for environmental damage has led to a situation where it is more profitable for enterprises to pay compensation than to install cleaning technology. In this regard, it is proposed to increase the amount of compensation for wastewater discharge in excess of the norm. The Head of State instructed to organize the activities of the environmental supervision inspectorate.

In addition, 7 million tons of household waste are generated annually in our country. Of these, a little more than 2 million tons are processed. Landfill gas and waste water, which form landfills, harm nature.

A project to generate electricity from waste with a capacity of 15 megawatts has been launched at the old landfill in Akhangaran. The Head of our state noted the need to expand this experience by setting up waste recycling and alternative energy production at other landfills.

 It was noted that in forestry, the forested area is only 8 percent. The possibility of creating 221 thousand hectares of forests in the steppe and 15 thousand hectares of forests in mountainous areas through the development of tree nurseries is indicated.

The instruction was given to introduce a completely new system of forestry development and implementation of the national project "Yashil Makon". In particular, it is strictly defined that the creation of parks and forests will be carried out on the basis of a targeted program funded from centralized sources.

In the field of hydrometeorology, measures have been identified to increase the number of automated meteorological stations, automate hydrological measurements, and launch a mobile application of the agrometeorological service.

At the same time, small automated air pollution monitoring stations will be installed in each district and city. Based on their data, a rating of air cleanliness will be formed and the work of officials will be evaluated.