THE ECOLOGICAL MOVEMENT OF UZBEKISTAN is called to unite the citizens of our country wishing to take an active part in the protection of the environment and human health. The Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan was founded on 2 August 2008 and registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan on 20 September 2008.
The Eco-movement strives to mobilize all public forces for further deepening of the reforms carried out in our country. These reforms aim at the realization and strict observance of the rights of the present and next generations of Uzbekistan citizens to live in the friendly environment; at safety and efficient usage of the whole complex of natural resources.
Active introduction and use of the renewable energy sources is one of the factors of saving healthy natural environment.

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At present, when natural resources are being depleted, use of the secondary raw materials and efficient handing of all kinds of resources acquire special significance. Such measures are necessary for the reduction of harmful influence of waste on human health, environment to say nothing about aesthetic reasons. Awareness of the population and specialists is a key issue of effective resolution of the waste problem.

With the purpose of further enhancement of the knowledge standard and skills of population in the area of waste management, the ecological publishing company ‘Chinor ENK’ has developed and set up the site WASTE.UZ.

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Ecological problems worry our youth. It became evident on 21 November when active representatives of the international organizations, scientific community, the public and mass media gathered at the “round table”. The meeting was jointly organized by the Youth Wing of the Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan, the Public Council under the Interstate Commission for Sustainable Development (ICSD) and by the Youth Ecological Network of Uzbekistan. Such an important event could not escape the intent notice of the Ecological Publishing Company ‘Chinor ENK’. The organizers of the “round table talk” aimed at attracting attention of broad layers of the population to climate change problem; at involving representatives of the state and public organizations, scientists and specialists into discussion on the ways of prevention of the climate change. Judging by stormy discussions, this objective has been successfully achieved.

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The Republic of Uzbekistan has joined a number of the international agreements concerned with the environmental protection. They include the UNO Framework Convention on the Climate Change, the UNO Convention on the Biological Diversity and the UNO Convention against Desertification, that were presented at the UNO Conference on the Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro (1992) and are now known as the Rio Conventions. In 2004-2006, Uzbekistan initiated carrying out self-assessment of national capacity of the country (NSAP) on implementation of the global conventions. The national self-assessment of the capacity and the preliminary analysis brought out a number of gaps in this area. Among them there are such gaps as the necessity of improvement of the legal base, ofweak interdepartmental interaction, deficit of financing and etc.

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On 19 November the Republic Research and Practical Conference ‘Karakalpakstan Science: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’ opened in Nukus, the capital city of the Republic of Karakalpakstan. It was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Karakalpakstan branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Participants of the Conference discussed the problems of Science development in the Republic of Karakalpakstan, efficient usage of mineral resources, state and prospects of bio-ecological researches.

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Today many countries of the world are facing a global ecological problem – the problem of domestic solid waste utilization. Majority of the waste burial dumps are overfilled and the working ones negatively influence on the environment and human health. During decomposition of food waste, paper stock and other organic wastes at burial dumps, a considerable volume of methane is discharged into the atmosphere. Compared with the carbonic gas (CO2), its influence is stronger. Besides that, a considerable volume of CO2 flows into the atmosphere during collection of waste and its transportation to burial dumps or burning (incineration) plants.
Application of innovation technologies of waste collection and utilization without  burning plants and dumps (waste management system) allows reducing the volume of waste formation.

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During the recent years Uzbekistan developed the wide scale construction - new buildings and constructions, schools, colleges and lyceums, highways are being built, a lot of markets are being reconstructed. In the course of the construction process, new technologies and technological equipment are applied demonstrating the new modern trends in the Uzbekistan building market. However the Uzbek builders do not become reserved in their work; they seek for sources of progress in the world building complex. With this purpose the exhibitions with the participation of international companies are organized. Their experience and skills are studied and analyzed for the further applicability in our country.

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All over the world development of civilization causes disappearance of some species of wild flora and fauna.
The same happened to the Siberian Crane. The Siberian Crane or the White Crane (Lat.- Grus leucogeranus) is the species of cranes, endemic of the northern territories of Russia. The biology of this bird has been practically unexplored for a long time, and only recently, after the establishment of the International Fund for Crane Protection in 1973, the ornithologists focused their interest on this bird. The Siberian Cranes are under the threat of disappearance and were entered in the lists of the Red Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), as well as into the Red Books of Russia and Uzbekistan. Currently, the number of species (in wildlife) is estimated to be around 2900-3000 individuals.

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Now there is no the slightest doubt that climate change has a negative impact on human health and gene pool of the future generations in direct and indirect way. This has been proved by numerous researches both globally and on the national level. There is no country that can protect itself from such challenges as increase of air temperatures, frequent extreme weather disasters and water deficiency connected with climate change. Threat to human health causes the necessity of developing the national action plan for adaptation and mitigation of climate change impact on population’s health.

Development of such a plan, national capacity for assessing health impacts of climate change, strengthening of healthcare systems by means of reducing burden of respiratory diseases and improvement of nutrition is the key objectives of the project “Protecting health from climate change” in Uzbekistan. The project is implemented by the Regional Office of the World Health Organization in Europe (WHO ROE) together with ministries of health of Uzbekistan and Karakalpakstan, Uzhydromet, Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance and a number of other bodies in Uzbekistan and Karakalpakstan. To finance the project the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety allotted about one million euro.

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Energy consumption is an indispensable condition of human existence. The Republic of Uzbekistan possesses large reserves of fuel raw materials, but one should remember that they are nonrenewable and may be exhausted in the long run. So far, they need to be used carefully and efficiently. Alternatively, we should develop the alternative production of power (wind, solar and etc.). The Republic has the great capacity of using renewable energy sources and further development of the alternative production of power. Introduction of practical application of the renewable energy sources (RES) in the rural area is especially important, it will help to raise  living standards in the remote areas. There are many possibilities now. We already have at our disposal a great choice of using various technologies of solar wind and biomass energies. 

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