Governmental Decree No. 500 validating the Concept of transition to sustainable development. Country/Territory Tajikistan Document type Regulation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Food & nutrition Keyword Policy/planning Sustainable development Poverty Food security Geographical area Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract The scope of this Governmental Decree shall be to overcome socio-economic difficulties and ecological crisis as soon as possible and improvement of the living standard of the population with a view of ensuring stable socio-economic development, conservation of healthy and favorable environment and rational management of natural resources for meeting the demand of the present and the future generations. This Concept shall not be considered as a separate plan but is aimed at adapting ongoing actio Full text Russian Website www.cawater-info.net