Two international forums dedicated to World Environment Day will be held in
Turkmenistan, Deputy Prime Minister Annageldi Yazmyradov said at a Cabinet
meeting on Friday.
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.
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.
