The Scientific and Research Center of the Interstate Commission for Sustainable Development (ICSD) and UNDP are implementing digital monitoring to protect Turkmenistan’s lands from degradation.

The Scientific and Research Center of the Interstate Commission for Sustainable Development (ICSD) and UNDP are implementing digital monitoring to protect Turkmenistan’s lands from degradation.

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The Scientific Information Center of the Interstate Commission on Sustainable Development (SIC ICSD), together with the UNDP-GEF project and relevant agencies of Turkmenistan, have begun integrating land degradation neutrality principles into state land use policy.

A key focus of this work, aligned with the State Program for the Development of the Digital Economy for 2026–2028, is the transition to modern GIS technologies and the use of satellite remote sensing data. The updated national monitoring system is based on the practical results of recent expert field expeditions to the Lebap and Dashoguz regions.

The data collected during the field trips allowed us to verify local hot spots of degradation in pastures, irrigated lands, and protected natural areas according to the international standards of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

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The information obtained will form the foundation for the creation of a unified digital database that will enable prompt management decisions and soil condition forecasting.

At the same time, Turkmenistan is preparing a new version of the National Action Program to Combat Desertification and is developing an initiative to create a specialized Regional Center for Central Asian countries, which will secure Ashgabat’s status as a key expert platform for environmental security in the region.

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