Strategy for biodiversity conservation in the Republic of Uzbekistan for the period of 2019-2028. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Policy/planning Agricultural development Pastoralism Sustainable use Desertification Protected area Ecosystem preservation Forest management/forest conservation Afforestation/reforestation Biodiversity Protection forest Monitoring Wild fauna Wild flora Endangered species Management/conservation Tourism Protection of species Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, Landlocked Developing Countries, North Asia Entry into force notes This Strategy enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract Strategy for biodiversity conservation in the Republic of Uzbekistan for the period of 2019-2028 shall be multisectoral, covering the whole national territory. The Strategy, with a view conservation of biodiversity, pursues the following objectives: (a) expansion of protected areas up to 12 percent of the country's territory; (b) afforestation of the dried seabed of the Aral Sea, bringing the area of forests to 1.2 million hectares; (c) breeding of goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) in the Bukhara specialized nursery "Dzheyran" (goitered gazelle), increasing their number to 1,000 species; (d) creation of a unified system of monitoring of biodiversity components with the central link - the reference ecosystems of state reserves; (e) creation of a unified information database of state monitoring and state registration of biodiversity on the basis of modern geoinformation technologies (GIS-technologies); (f) carrying out an annual geobotanical survey of the vegetation of natural pastures and hayfields in the amount of 2 million hectares; and (g) integration of biodiversity conservation issues into all sectors of the economy. This Strategy for biodiversity conservation in the Republic of Uzbekistan for the period of 2019-2028 is aimed at identifying priority areas, goals and objectives, planning, ways to achieve them effectively, as well as stages of implementation of the state policy in the field of formation and development of a sustainable system in the field of biodiversity conservation and use for the long term period. Full text Uzbek Website lex.uz References - Legislation Implements Sustainable Strategies for the Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2017 – 2021. Legislation | Uzbekistan | 2017 Keyword: Policy/planning, Agricultural development, Sustainable development, Food security, Agricultural commodities, Public private partnership (PPP), Rural employment, Social protection, Cereals/grains/rice, Irrigation, Business/industry/corporations, Gender, Viticulture/oenological practices, Vegetables/legumes, Public health, Textile plants/fibres, Planting material/seeds, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX