Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Ecology and the UNDP launched two projects to develop the new National Biodiversity Strategy and restore ecosystems in Western Tien Shan. Funded by a $6.5 million Global Environment Facility grant, the initiatives are set to be implemented by 2030.
Boxer Shakhram Giyasov was fined 3 base calculation units for “wrestling” with a bear in a gym (for animal cruelty). After meeting with the Ministry of Ecology, he admitted his mistake and pledged it wouldn’t happen again. The bear was bought by Buka Gym and donated to Fergana zoo.
Ministry of Ecology, FAO, and EU have launched a project on rational management hazardous chemicals. In recent years, Uzbekistan has decommissioned eight pesticide burial sites, begun this process at two more, and reconstructed another storage facility.
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