Cooperation with UNESCO in the field of environmental education and natural heritage management is being strengthened

    Environment 24 May 2023 2304

    Minister of Natural Resources Aziz Abdukhakimov met with the head of the UNESCO representative office in Tashkent, Sara Noshadi.

    Issues of strengthening bilateral cooperation between the Ministry of Natural Resources and UNESCO in the field of environmental education and natural heritage management were discussed at the meeting.

    During the meeting, the importance of a gradual transition to a "green" economy, the introduction of a system of digitalization, environmental education and culture, capacity-building of employees and specialists, as well as the use of foreign experience in this area was noted. It was also noted that the issue of developing a national report of Uzbekistan on the state of the environment and the use of natural resources, compiling lists of National ecological and natural heritage is important.

    In addition, they discussed the creation of an innovative project of a cultural heritage park in the Aral Sea region, the creation of centers for visitors to cultural heritage sites, the development of strategically important programs to prevent climate change and the opening of a regional UN office on climate change in Tashkent.

    At the end of the meeting, an agreement was reached on the joint holding of the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP-14), which is scheduled for October this year in Samarkand.