On April 1, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev took part in a tree-planting event as part of the nationwide “Yashil Makon” initiative and launched the National Dendrological Park project.
The National Dendrological Park is being established in Tashkent on an area of 108 hectares. This year, an in vitro laboratory, as well as centers for medicinal plants, seed production, and selection will be commissioned here.
The President expressed sincere gratitude to the Chair of the United Nations Forum on Forests Ismail Belen, the Director of the Forum Secretariat Juliette Biao, representatives of the diplomatic community in Uzbekistan, and all participants.
The President then took part in the planting of saplings on the first 5 hectares of the National Dendrological Park.
Addressing the participants, the President noted that the nationwide project “Yashil Makon” has been implemented over the past five years, with 200 million saplings being planted annually.
Over the past period, 942 green spaces and public parks have been created across more than 2,000 hectares. In the mountainous, desert, and steppe regions of the country, forests have been created on 256,000 hectares. On the dried bed of the Aral Sea, protective forest plantations have been established across 2 million hectares. To mitigate the harmful effects of winds and dust storms, a 60-kilometre “green belt” has been created in 33 districts.
Furthermore, to combat desertification based on Chinese experience, drought-resistant halophyte parks were established for the first time this year on an area of 50 hectares in the Arnasay, Karakul, Mubarek, and Karmana districts, and the city of Nukus.
Overall, in a short period, the level of greening in the country has increased from 8 to 14.2 percent. A new presidential decree signed last week sets an ambitious goal: to bring the country’s overall greening level to 30 percent and the area of green spaces per capita to 10 square meters by 2030.
To this end, a 10,000-hectare green space will be created in the Surkhandarya region, along with an 84-kilometre green barrier in the Syrdarya region. New forests will be established across 1 million hectares of desert land in Karakalpakstan, 300,000 hectares each in Navoi and Bukhara, and 85,000 hectares in Khorezm. In addition, regional governors will be tasked with creating botanical gardens and dendrological parks of at least 100 hectares, as well as developing a minimum of 20 shaded walking alleys.
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