OSCE Centre in Dushanbe organizes international ecological forum
(OSCE/Saulius Smalys)Children at an international ecological summer camp in Tajikistan, 27 July 2006. The camp was organizaed by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe.
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VARZOB, Tajikistan, 2 October 2006 - Environmental protection is the theme of an OSCE-organized international ecological forum of young people that opened today in Varzob near Dushanbe.
During the four-day event, some 80 environmental activists and scientists from Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and Uzbekistan will share their experience in the field and discuss ways of co-ordinating efforts to protect the environment.
"The main goal of the forum is to create a governmental environment protection network to foster inter-governmental and inter-regional dialogue in Central Asia," said Andrey Shugurov, the Deputy Head of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe.
Abduvohit Karimov, the Head of the Tajik State Committee for Environment and Forestry, added: "I am glad to see that the younger generation is building on the achievements of the older generation in the area of environmental protection, and is prepared to take these achievements further to meet the demands of time."
The forum was co-organized with the non-governmental organization Kuhiston International Foundation, Tajikistan's State Committee for Environment and Forestry, the Central Asian Regional Environment Centre and the international organization CARE.
During the four-day event, some 80 environmental activists and scientists from Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and Uzbekistan will share their experience in the field and discuss ways of co-ordinating efforts to protect the environment.
"The main goal of the forum is to create a governmental environment protection network to foster inter-governmental and inter-regional dialogue in Central Asia," said Andrey Shugurov, the Deputy Head of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe.
Abduvohit Karimov, the Head of the Tajik State Committee for Environment and Forestry, added: "I am glad to see that the younger generation is building on the achievements of the older generation in the area of environmental protection, and is prepared to take these achievements further to meet the demands of time."
The forum was co-organized with the non-governmental organization Kuhiston International Foundation, Tajikistan's State Committee for Environment and Forestry, the Central Asian Regional Environment Centre and the international organization CARE.