ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, January 7.
Entrepreneurs in Turkmenistan will be able to lease plots of the
forest fund for the cultivation of fruit, oil-bearing, and
medicinal crops while land ownership remains with the state,
Trend reports via the press service of the country’s
government.
The provision is included in the draft National Forest Program
of Turkmenistan for 2026-2030, which was discussed during a
roundtable held in Ashgabat by the Ministry of Environmental
Protection in cooperation with the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) and the Aral Project.
The draft document is intended to become the third stage of the
country’s forest development policy and biodiversity conservation
efforts.
The program consists of 13 chapters and contains a detailed
action plan. Compared with previous documents, it places greater
emphasis on the restoration of natural forests and for the first
time provides for the introduction of a state forest inventory as a
basis for forming a national forest cadastre.
The draft includes measures to address desertification and
climate adaptation, provides for the use of digital technologies
for forest monitoring, and outlines the potential for generating
carbon credits under the Paris Agreement.
Earlier, specialists from Turkmenistan’s National Institute of
Deserts, Flora and Fauna, and the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and
Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences intensified scientific
exchanges within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. The
cooperation focuses on studying China’s experience in protecting
transport infrastructure in extreme desert conditions, including
the use of artificial forest belts along highways in the Taklamakan
Desert. The exchange is aimed at applying relevant practices to
desert management and land restoration efforts in Turkmenistan.
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