ECOLOGY AND YOUNG PEOPLE

At the Tashkent chemical technology institute, a round table conversation has taken place on work being done in Uzbekistan to protect biological diversity and tasks for the future.

The event held at the initiative of the Tashkent city territorial department of the Uzbekistan Ecological Movement was attended by members of the eco-movement group of deputies in the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis (parliament) of the Republic of Uzbekistan, active members of this movement, specialists of the Tashkent city nature protection committee and the independent institute for monitoring civil society formation, professors, teachers, students and journalists.

A deputy of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, O.Mamarahimov; and others said that the creation of a firm legal basis under the leadership of First President Islam Karimov for the regulation of relations in the ecological sphere was an important factor in the rational use of natural resources and the minimization of the negative effect on the environment.

For the purpose of reducing the negative impact of global and regional ecological problems, in 1995 this country joined the UN international convention on biological diversity. Large-scale work is being carried out in this area on the basis of a national strategy and an action plan that have been adopted.

In this country, a system of natural territories has been created for the protection of nature reserves, national parks, biospheric and wildlife reserves, the protection of the water of the rivers flowing through the country’s territory and marshlands.

Work in this area is being stepped up further on the basis of the new editions of a law, adopted on 19 September 2016, on animal life protection and a law, adopted on 21 September 2016, on plant life protection.

During the round table conversation, speeches were heard on results being achieved in the area of preservation of the country’s biological diversity, on the essence and significance of the new editions of the laws on plant life and animal life protection and their role in ensuring ecological stability. There was an exchange of views on the observance of the principles of the ecological laws and on cooperation among state and public organizations and educational establishments in raising society’s ecological culture.

UzA