The press service of the head of state recalled that within the framework of the ongoing administrative reform in the country, the Ministry of Natural Resources was organized. 

“Currently, there are many pressing issues to be solved in the field. There are opportunities for the development of ecotourism in reserves and nurseries, as well as hunting tourism in the respective farms, while taking all the necessary measures to protect nature. In this regard, the task was set to attract tourists to natural sites, to organize nurseries for breeding predatory animals,” the report reads. 

During the meeting, the President paid special attention to the protection of air, water, land resources and underground resources. In particular, at more than 500 enterprises, water treatment facilities do not meet the standards, and at some enterprises, there are no such facilities at all. The small amount of compensation for causing harm to the environment has led to a situation where it is more profitable for enterprises to pay compensation than to install a cleaning technology. In this regard, it is proposed to increase the amount of compensation for wastewater discharges in excess of the norm. The head of state instructed to organize the activities of the environmental supervision inspectorate. 

In addition, 7 million tons of household waste is generated annually in the country. Of these, a little over 2 million tons are processed. Landfill gas and wastewater that form landfills are harmful to nature. 

A project to generate 15 megawatts of electricity from waste has been launched at the old landfill in Akhangaran. The head of state noted the need to expand this experience by setting up waste processing and alternative energy production at other landfills. 

It was noted that in forestry, the forested area is only 8%. The possibility of creating 221 thousand hectares of forests in the steppe and 15 thousand hectares of forests in the highlands through the development of tree nurseries was indicated. 

Instructions were given to introduce a completely new system for the development of forestry and the implementation of the nationwide project “Yashil Makon”. In particular, it is strictly determined that the creation of parks and forests will be carried out on the basis of a targeted program financed from centralized sources. 

In the field of hydrometeorology, measures have been identified to increase the number of automated meteorological stations, automate hydrological measurements, and launch a mobile application for the agrometeorological service. 

At the same time, small automated air pollution monitoring stations will be installed in each district and city. Based on their data, a rating of air purity will be formed and the work of officials will be evaluated.