This is provided for by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated November 19, 2020 "On additional measures to support a healthy lifestyle and increase physical activity of the population".
The main purpose of this event is to reduce air pollution by various toxic gases emitted by cars, as well as wide promotion of hiking and cycling, which, in turn, serves to popularize a healthy lifestyle among the population.
The Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change urges everyone not to remain indifferent to the World Day without a Car and to use less harmful vehicles for the atmosphere, such as public transport, metro, bicycle instead of personal cars.
Within the framework of the first meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Middle East Green Initiative (MGI), held in the city of Jeddah of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change Aziz Abdukhakimov held a number of meetings with ministers and heads of environmental agencies of foreign countries.
A delegation headed by Deputy Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change Iskander Kutbiddinov visited the capital of the Republic of Korea, Seoul.
Kyzylkum mountain sheep were caught in a camera trap installed in the Nurata State Reserve under the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change.
Within the framework of the regional forum in Belgium, Deputy Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change Iskandar Kutbiddinov held a meeting with Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Gretel Aguilar, Director of the IUCN European Regional Office Boris Erg and Director of the IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Oliver Avramowski.
The World Bank, together with the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change, presented the report "Assessment of air Quality in Tashkent and the roadmap for improving air quality management in Uzbekistan".
The Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change has prepared and sent to the National Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan for UNESCO for sending to the UNESCO World Heritage Center a preliminary nomination file of the Zaamin Mountains National Natural Heritage Site.
In the Akdarya district of the Samarkand region, local residents helped save the Turkestan white stork. This is reported by the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change.
From September 24 to 26, the first Meeting of the interdepartmental working group on the safety of tailings dumps and the prevention of accidental water pollution in Uzbekistan was held in Tashkent and the Tashkent region.
