Decree No. 246 validating the Regulation on special environmental protection funds. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Regulation Date 1993 (2010) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Special fund Pollution control Soil pollution/quality Emissions Effluent waste water/discharge Recycling/reuse Management/conservation Wild fauna Wild flora Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Decree establishes that local special environmental protection funds shall be set up at the local and regional levels, and national special environmental protection fund shall be set up under the jurisdiction of State Committee on Environmental Protection. Local funds shall be set up for financing of local and cross-sectoral arrangements for reduction of emissions of pollutants, effluent waste water discharge to waterbodies, soil pollution, waste formation, and also for recycling of waste, conservation and reproduction of wild fauna and wild flora species. National fund shall be set up for financing of national environmental protection programs and strategies. Full text Russian Website www.lex.uz References - Legislation Repealed by Decree No. 375 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on collection and use of the moneys of the Special Fund of ecology, environmental protection and waste management. Legislation | Uzbekistan | 2017 Keyword: Special fund, Research, Monitoring, Education, Protected area, Waste management, Liability/compensation Source: FAO, FAOLEX