Wetlands: natural buffers, protective barriers
Having chosen a reliable way to ensure environmental safety and sustainable development, as well as in order to adapt to the ongoing processes of climate change, restoration and conservation of biological diversity, in 2001 Uzbekistan joined the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, mainly as a Habitat for Waterfowl (or the Ramsar Convention) - the first global agreement on the protection and conservation of natural resources.