Uzbekistan to offer to include two water reservoirs to Ramsar List
26/02/2016 15:08
Uzbekistan to offer to include two water reservoirs to Ramsar List
26/02/2016 15:08
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan is preparing a package of documents to include two water reservoirs to Ramsar List – Tudakul and Kuyumazar lakes in Navoi region.
Currently, the documents are prepared to include water reservoirs to the Ramsar List within the project “Water reservoirs Tudakul and Kuyumazar – new Ramsar territories in Uzbekistan”.
The project group and local citizens started a draft plan on management of these territories to ensure sustainable use of their resources, preserve bio diversity and improve life standards of population.
The Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) -- called the "Ramsar Convention" -- is an intergovernmental treaty that embodies the commitments of its member countries to maintain the ecological character of their Wetlands of International Importance and to plan for the "wise use", or sustainable use, of all of the wetlands in their territories.
The Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance now includes 2,000 sites (known as Ramsar Sites) in 163 countries.
Uzbekistan joined the Ramsar Convention in line with the resolution of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan from 30 August 2001, which came into force on 2 February 2002.
Uzbekistan presently has 2 sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance, with a surface area of 558,400 hectares. The Ramsar List includes Lake Dengizkul and Aydar Arnasay Lakes System. Uzbekistan has about 1 million hectares of wetlands or 500 lakes.
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