N. Shivaldova
Youth and ecology today or dedicated to the Year of Youth    page 4
Today the urgency of education of a civic stand at rising generation increases. And many organizations can prove as instructors and the leaders leading behind self youth. These days the special sense gets all that has been passed on a way of becoming of youth ecological movement to the Republic of Uzbekistan, in fact on skill to appreciate and protect the native nature, rationally and carefully to concern to natural resources, the Feeling of the Native land is brought up.

N.Ravshanova
Ecological education and formation aspects in continuous education system     page 10
This article presents an author’s opinion about the importance of continuous education system. It tells about the role of ecological education in formation of ecological culture and thinking.

Life source
O.Naumenko
Water, water, all around there is water, but no drop of it to drink         page 12
Formation of ecological consciousness for today passes the most complex stage. Industrial capacity of developing countries of the world grows enormous rates. Opportunities of intervention of the person into environment began to carry not simply injurious, but destroying character. Practically all pollution gets in the most important element after air on our planet – the water. The huge loss from the person is caused to water and it is practically impossible to stop this process. Today we ascertain that fact, that human activity has led to that pools of the rivers are so polluted that the decision of this problem tomorrow already nobody will help. What is an essence of the problem of water resources pollution?

M. Mamanazarov
Social, economical and ecological problems of water resources           page 16
The author of the article provides an information about drinking water resources of the country and problems existing in their preservation as well as gives his view of possible solution such problems.

For the bookshelf
Ministers should unite efforts for maintenance of a healthy environment for the all-European region                  page 20
According to the new report of the European agency on environment (ЕАОС) which was presented on October, 10th, 2007, the nature protection policy in all all-European region is slowed by the lack of information and realization .
The report « Europe’s environment — The fourth assessment » (the Environment of the Europe — the fourth estimation) has been presented in capital of Serbia Belgrad during official opening of the Sixth conference of ministers within the frameworks of the process «Environment for the Europe », organised under aegis of the European Economic Commission of the United Nations (EEC UN).

Actual topic
E. Mahmudov, A. Kulkarayev
Problems of Aral Basin in the center of scientists’ attention        page 21
The influence of abiotic substances contained in the soil taken from dried up bottom of Aral sea investigated in white rats. It is established that consumption of the dissolved mineral elements, pesticides and salts of heavy metals with water that had changed structure and functions of organism in early postnatal development.

Alikhanov B., Aksenova L., Gorelkin N., Frank L.
Ecological indicators for an estimation of influence of the Aral crisis      page 23
The indicator of an environment (the ecological indicator) is a parameter or the value describing a condition of an environment and its influence on the person, ecosystems and materials, loadings on an environment, motive powers and the reciprocal reaction operating this system. The indicator is created during a choice or aggregation that people could operate actions. On the basis of the developed indicators the analysis of a modern condition of environment of Aral Basin on the basis of national ecological indicators is lead.

U.Sobirov
Ecological problems of Aral Basin and its evidences     page 29
Now the medical-ecological situation developed in zone of Aral Basin as a result of its drying, continues to excite the population of republics in the region.
Huge the ground files was in the recent past by a bottom of the sea has turned to desert, and salt and many other things xenobiotics, lifted by a wind, extends on many kilometers, reach glaciers of Pamir and Tyan-Shan, causing their accelerated thawing. Toxic materials, in structure of a dust, a kind of the smallest particles which on irrigation canals were born by decades from fields to Aral sea, invisible to an eye, and not fixed devices act in a surrounded atmosphere.
The author provides his vision about the reason of such disaster.

B. Alikhanov, M. Khojayev
Renewed energy sources – the alternative for Aral Basin          32
Application of ecologically pure renewed energy sources in our country, in particular, in ecologically unsuccessful areas as Aral Basin has greater prospect and will give ecological, social and economic effects. One of the major aspects of use of ecologically pure renewed energy sources is the positive contribution to steady development and prevention of change of a climate. This article presents the positive experience in this sphere.

Specialist’s comment
G. Goncharov
The review of the international cooperation and its results: problems of preservation of Saigas in Aral Basin     page 37
In Aral Basin live a number of kinds of hoof animals – the Bactrian Deer, Jeyran, and others included into the Red Book of Uzbekistan, and also Wild Boar, Saiga. Most numerous of them is the Saiga – the typical representative of a steppe zone.

Hypotheses-researches-discoveries
I. Ohremenko, A. Babayev
Research on disinfecting the flowing waters by means of sodium hypochlorite   page 39
The authors present in their article the results of the research undertaken on disinfecting the flowing waters using sodium hypochlorite. The present material might useful for those who are involved in sanitary-epidemiological structures.

B. Kurbanov, T. Lesnik
Features of a hydrochemical compound of superficial waters of the Republic of Uzbekistan     page 41
The main purpose of the research is development of scientific bases, creation and conducting the integrated geo-information system of quality of superficial waters in the Republic of Uzbekistan, a supply with information of complex of actions on improvement of quality of the superficial waters providing improvement of residing conditions of the population, strengthening of its health, a condition creation and conducting the integrated geo-information system of quality of superficial waters in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Project in action
R.Asadulina
Drynet – a good example of initiative, shown by local public organizations in search of ways for decision of desertification problem           page 44
The project covers five countries of Central Asia - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The purpose of the project consists in strengthening and escalating of potential of local communities in the Central Asia for improvement of methods of struggle against desertification and a drought and realization of alternative opportunities of sustanable life-support.