A delegation from Turkmenistan, including representatives of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Academy of Sciences, local authorities and other institutions, paid a working visit to Uzbekistan. This was reported by the news agency ‘Turkmenistan: Golden age’.

The main objective was to exchange experience on sustainable agriculture, water resource management and land restoration. The trip was organised as part of a project on the conservation and sustainable management of land resources and ecosystems in the Aral Sea basin, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan in cooperation with UNDP in Turkmenistan and the Global Environment Facility.

Turkmen experts learned about climate-resilient farming methods and innovative irrigation systems, and visited educational and government institutions in Uzbekistan to discuss cooperation in the Amu Darya region.