Start of cooperation with the Asian Development Bank in the field of biodiversity                                       

On December 17, 2022, a representative of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan met with Xiaohong Yang, a representative of the Office for Sustainable Development and Climate Change of the Asian Development Bank within the framework of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biodiversity.

During the meeting, the parties spoke in favor of strengthening cooperation in the field of biological diversity. At the same time, it was noted that the Asian Development Bank, along with the implementation of projects in the direction of climate change, announced the launch of projects in the direction of biological diversity in the Republic of Tajikistan and work in this direction will begin in 2023.

It was also noted that as part of the initiative of the Founder of National Peace and Unity – the Leader of the Nation, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, HE Emomali Rahmon, on December 14 of this year, the UN General Assembly during its 77th session adopted a resolution "2025 - the International Year of Glacier Protection", which was adopted with the support of 153 Member states UN, work in this direction is considered taking into account biological diversity.