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      In order to comply with decree of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan dated January 3, 2023 № AP-318 and expand to the work of beautification and creativity, love for nature, increase aesthetic taste, ecological culture and popularization of national traditions, according to the relevant decision to the Mayor of Dushanbe, "Sayri Guli Lola" Flower Festival will be held.
      Under the same name, on April 15, 2023, the Sayri Guli Lola festival was held in the cultural and entertainment park named after Abulkasim Firdavsi in Dushanbe, in which employees of the Forestry Agency under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan took an active part.
      We remind you that the main habitat of the tulip is on the territory of Tajikistan and there are 24 of its species of tulip. In the past, the Tajik people celebrated the annual festival, as a result of which this kind of flower spread to Asia Minor, Turkey, Holland and other countries.
       The city of Dushanbe is considered as one of the pioneers of landscaping, gardening and floriculture in the country, as well as the unconditional winner of the “Sayri Guli Lola” competition of past years.
By the constant orders and instructions and instructions of the Mayor of Dushanbe, landscaping activities have become more widespread, ensuring cleanliness of the city and neighborhoods, holding ecological campaigns “Clean the coast” and “Clean the area”.
   

     On April 11 this year, representatives of the Forestry Agency under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan held a meeting with representatives of ACTED.
     The meeting was opened by Nisa Sharifi, specialist of the project “Stability Mechanism in Cooperative Management of Natural Resources in the Fergana Valley”, and introduced the audience to the representatives of ACTED.
     Deputy Director of the Agency Sharifzoda D.J. spoke about cooperation in the field of forestry with ACTED in the Zeravshan Valley, Sughd region, Devashtich district, about the construction of a nursery and a fruit processing workshop, which was put into operation with the joint cooperation of the parties.
     Halimov Abdurasul - Regional Coordinator and Project Manager briefly spoke about the new regional project in Central Asia "Stability mechanism in the joint management of natural resources in the Fergana Valley". And he noted that this regional program is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be implemented for a period of 3 year in the amount of 2.5 million US dollars.
The program includes 3 countries of Central Asia, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. The main goal of the Project is to increase the sustainability of water resources at the local level and reduce competition for resources, as well as dialogue and cooperation at the regional, national and local levels.
     It should be noted that 16 sub-basins in the Ferghana Valley have already been allocated for the implementation of the Project program, which are located in the Sughd region in Tajikistan, in the Fergana region in Uzbekistan and in the Botken region in Kyrgyzstan.

The Forestry Agency under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, together with the Aga Khan Foundation in Tajikistan, within the framework of the "Envisioning green enviroment" held an event planting seedlings on the Dushanbe-Vahdat highway of Moyinkaj district on March 4 this year.
More than 120 employees of the Forestry Agency and the Aga Khan Foundation organization in Tajikistan participated in tree planting initiative.
This initiative's purpose is to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, prevent soil erosion and degradation and thus assist Tajikistan in complying with Tajikistan's programs, guidelines and obligations in the context of the implementation of environmental directives and conventions.
Totally 10,500 seedlings and trees will be planted in the area of ​​11.5 hectares within the framework of the "Envisioning green enviroment".

13th of Dec, 2022
For the last two months the project staff is engaged in saxaul plantation, involving the local labors.
Only in November 2022 the saxaul seedlings have been planted in about 111 hectares, which is unusual in comparison with the previous activities.
The main reasons for the rapid saxaul plantation are involving more local labors, the use of sufficient equipment and the long term practices of project staff in this field.
Despite the cold weather in December, the project staff is working hard to reach the project target indicators within the given period.

      On December 6, 2022, as part of the support of the Green Climate Foundation, trainings on monitoring and evaluation of climate change projects took place at the Hilton Hotel.
      At this training, methods were considered to support the Republic of Tajikistan in strengthening its capacity to monitor and assess climate finance, identify potential subjects of direct access and attract the private sector to climate investments with the help of the GCP/TAJ/015/GCR Green Climate Fund.
 

        From November 8 to 18, 2022, within the framework of the USFS project "United States Forest Service in Tajikistan"

        Delegation during the visit from 9 to 15 November they visited the Fayzabad, Rogun, Baljuvon, Khovaling, Dangara and Bokhtar forestries for familiarization.
 Within the framework of this project, on November 17, 2022, focus-group discussions were organized, where our profile experts were given the opportunity to talk about their work and approaches to solving problems that Tajikistan may face.

       On the final day, on November 18, in the Forestry Agency under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Director of the Agency Yusufzoda Abdujabbor, 
met with representatives of the US Forest Service (USFS). At this meeting, the priority issues in the direction of climate change prevention, forestry development,
afforestation and further mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of forestry between the United States and the Republic of Tajikistan were discussed.

A workshop of the Korea-Central Asian Network on a Sustainable Future with Forests was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from October 27 to 29.
Workshop topics:
Greening and improving the livelihoods of semi-arid areas
Forest cooperation between Korea and Central Asia
Forest status, forest policy, potential areas of cooperation in Central Asia
Landscape Partnership of Asia

       With the arrival of the planting season, organizations and institutions of the Forestry Agency under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan will implement a plan for planting trees in the State Institution “Victory Park” and forest protection, approved by the State Executive Body of the city of Dushanbe, also on the Dushanbe-Vakhdat highway and in other cities and districts to begin the sowing season in autumn 2022 and spring 2023, preparation the land for planting has begun, work in this direction continues uninterrupted.

On April 14, the founder of peace and National Unity - the Leader of the Nation, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, dear Emomali Rahmon, visited the plot of the Penjikent city homestead and commissioned the Penjikent water line for irrigation of 200 hectares of land for the first time and began construction of a new intensive park.

On April 4 of this year, under the chairmanship of the First Deputy Director of the Forestry Agency under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan Naim Nabizod, a regular meeting was held on the results of the activities of agency structures for the previous week and tasks for the week from April 4 to April 9 of this year.

      In order to comply with decree of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan dated January 3, 2023 № AP-318 and expand to the work of beautification and creativity, love for nature,...

     On April 11 this year, representatives of the Forestry Agency under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan held a meeting with representatives of ACTED.
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The Forestry Agency under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, together with the Aga Khan Foundation in Tajikistan, within the framework of the "Envisioning green enviroment" held an event planting...