Transcript Kyrgyzstan priorities in environment protection

State Agency for Environment Protection &
Forest Management under the Government of
the Kyrgyz Republic
Kyrgyzstan priorities in environment
protection
B. Tolongutov,
Director,
State Regulation Center on
Environment Protection &
Ecological Safety Sector
Kyrgyzstan priorities in the environment
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 New challenges related to climate changes and
degradation processes of natural resources, negatively
influence quality of citizens’ life requiring adoption of
timely measures.
 The second report of the Kyrgyz Republic on MDG notes
that climate change will also lead to the increase of
extreme weather effects, collapse of ecosystems, threats
to human health, loss of biodiversity, degradation of land
resources.
 Food and energy safety issues directly impacting poverty
in the country can become particularly topical.
Kyrgyzstan priorities in the environment
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 The Kyrgyz Republic President Decree #506 dated
23.11.2007 approved the Concept on Ecological Safety
of Kyrgyzstan that determines the key focuses of the
government policy on the environment protection and
rational use of natural resources in the context of
sustainable development for the nearest prespective
(until 2020).
 The Kyrgyz Republic Government developed and
approved Regulation #599 dated September 23, 2011
on “Complex of measures on ensuring ecological safety
of the Kyrgyz Republic until 2015”.
Kyrgyzstan priorities in the environment
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The Draft on “The Kyrgyz Republic Mid-Term
Development Program for 2012-2014” has been
approved via the Kyrgyz Republic Government
Regulation #540 dated September 8, 2011.
The Program reflects general vision and conceptual
action plan of the Kyrgyz Republic Government on social
and economical development of the country until 2014.
Specific measures on the program implementation also
include ecological safety ensuring measures.
Kyrgyzstan priorities in the environment
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In order to resolve ecological problems the KR Government is
planning to promote the following initiatives:
 Reforming of the governmental ecological policy and
legislation;
 Development of national policy on climate change;
 Improvement of efficiency of measures related to biodiversity
safeguarding and rational use of natural resources;
 Development of international cooperation to resolve national
ecological problems.
Kyrgyzstan priorities in the environment
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 The recommendations of Kyrgyzstan’s second report on
MDG (2010) underline the need to improve legislation on
the use of natural resources and the environment
protection including the system on ecological regulatory
activities related to scheduling of the use of natural
resources, regulation of functions on ownership, use and
administration of natural resources and harmonization
with international agreements to which Kyrgyzstan is
included as well.
Kyrgyzstan priorities in the environment
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 In the frame of the governmental ecological policy
reforming the work on separation of permissive policy
and control system, on development and revision of
national ecological strategic documents will be
conducted legislatively.
Kyrgyzstan priorities in the environment
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 A national policy and a package of measures on
adaptation, facilitation of consequences of climate
change will be developed including promotion of lowcarbon development, “green economics” principles and
improvement of energy efficiency of the buildings.
Kyrgyzstan priorities in the environment
protection
In implementing the Kyrgyz Republic’s commitments on
Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto
Protocol the issues on vulnerability and adaptation to
conditions of the changing climate are considered in the
sectors of:
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Water resources,
Agriculture,
Population health
Emergency climatic situations.
National Action Plan on the country’s adaptation to
conditions of the changing climate is getting finalized by
the State Agency jointly with experts of the ministries
and agencies with the UNDP support.
Kyrgyzstan priorities in the environment
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 A special attention will be paid to improvement of the
investment climate to resolve national ecological problems
via improvement of transparency of GEF and other donors’
financial resources attraction;
 Promotion of the country mechanism on “Exchange of
external debt to sustainable development”, there are
examples of exchanging external debt to sustainable
development: The Government of Germany – resolution of
social problems (Tuberculosis) in the penitentiary system
of the country. Also negotiations with Germany on the use
of this mechanism on energy effectiveness and
reforestation are conducted.
Kyrgyzstan priorities in the environment
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 Progressing urbanization of the territories involve
decrease of access to quality drinking water and
adequate sewerage systems, significant growth of air
pollution by emissions from immovable resources and
auto transport, by the problem on solid domestic waste
disposal.
 Irrational use of chemical substances is one of the
reasons of the environmental sites contamination,
especially in the obsolete pesticides burial grounds. In
this course it is planned to develop a complex program
on proper management of chemical substances using an
inter-sectoral approach.
Kyrgyzstan priorities in the environment
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 Coordination of measures on ensuring radiation safety in
the frame of IAEA
Kyrgyzstan priorities in the environment
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 The Kyrgyz Republic is a Party of 13 international agreements
and conventions on the nature protection and performance of
commitments within them contributes to supporting of ecological
sustainability and allows attracting external funds for
stabilization, prevention of degradation processes of natural
resources, improvement of the country’s life support capacity as
a basis for poverty rate reduction and social and economical
development.
 Within development of the international cooperation a range of
projects focused on performance of commitments on the global
ecology-related conventions and agreements are implemented
for the purpose of resolving national ecological problems.
Kyrgyzstan priorities in the environment
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The process on biodiversity loss is progressing in
Kyrgyzstan. A particular concern is caused by the state
of endemic fish fauna of the Issyk-Kul Lake. Due to the
lack of adequate financing the activity related to
biodiversity safeguarding is conducted in the specially
protected areas only and there is a need for enlarging of
their areas, capacity strengthening, biodiversity
safeguarding in productive landscapes as well as for
development of National Strategy and Action Plan on
biodiversity safeguarding.
Kyrgyzstan priorities in the environment
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Within improvement of effectiveness of measures related
to specially protected areas network capacity
strengthening and rational use of natural resources the
activity on protected areas and forestry ecosystems
rehabilitation will be conducted.
Forestation of the unified forest fund and protected
areas, inventory of hunting grounds will be realized as
well as planting of forest cultures in the territory of the
State Forest Fund and outside those lands.
Kyrgyzstan priorities in the environment
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One of the priorities will be development of inter-agency
and inter-sectoral cooperation via:
 Implementation of measures provided in “Complex of
measures on ecological safety of Kyrgyzstan until
2015”;
 Development of the basis for implementation of
Strategic Ecological Assessment;
 Improvement of informing and involvement of the
civil society into the process of development and
implementation of the ecology-related policy and
regulatory and legal acts.
Thank you for attention!