President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a decree on the establishment of an Intersectoral commission to reduce methane emissions during a Cabinet meeting on Friday, TDH reports.

New forest protection zones will be created in the Dashoguz and Lebap regions of the country as part of the implementation of the National Forest Program to improve the environmental situation in the Aral Sea region.

The 90th Annual General Session of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) is taking place in Paris these days. The forum is attended by representatives of 182 member countries, as well as experts from international organizations. At the session Turkmenistan represents the leadership of the State Veterinary Service of the country.

In Karakalpakstan, in the city of Nukus, representatives of the environmental agencies of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan discussed issues of cross-border cooperation on biodiversity conservation, reports UzDaily.uz .

The possibility of using waste as an alternative energy source was discussed during a seminar organized by the United Nations Development Program jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan.

The Turkmen delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan Begmyrat Atayev made a presentation on the Aral Sea issues within the parallel event of the 79th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), which is taking place in Bangkok.

Turkmenistan was represented at the 5th Central Asian Climate Change Conference (CACIC-2023), which completed its work in Dushanbe.

Newborn lambs have replenished the number of "guests" of the capital's zoo. This spring, 9 lambs of the Turkmen mountain sheep, which is also called the Kopetdag sheep, were born.

The Turkmen delegation headed by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Begmyrat Atayev is taking part in discussions on climate change at the 79th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

14 new bulldozers and excavators have replenished the fleet of equipment in the northern region of Turkmenistan for water management works on the Turkmen lake "Altyn Asyr", Turkmenistan newspaper reports.