State of the Environment in
Dushanbe 2001

   
Overview

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What you can do!

On the individual level:

  • To participate in the activities on restoration and conservation of the urban environment;
  • To obtain the knowledge about urban environment and be familiar with environmental reports;
  • To visit botanical gardens and zoo and bring up the children to love their city, culture and environment;
  • To be familiar with environmental legislation and environmental programmes;
  • To make sure rational use of water, electricity and natural gas at home and in office;
  • To separate waste by paper, metals, glass, etc.
  • To contribute to the greenery plantation and flower gardening;
  • To use only clean fuel for personal vehicles and maintain proper condition of the motor-car;
  • To purchase environmentally safe products and follow basic hygienic rules;
  • To inform city administration and nature protection organizations about violation of the environmental laws;
  • To apply to the city administration for improvement of the urban environment in specific areas and districts.

On the public level:

  • To participate in tidying up the streets, parks and watercourses;
  • To participate in public environmental expertise and inspections;
  • To organize green actions, participate in NGOs and share environmental knowledge.

On the institutional level:

  • To follow acting environmental legislation, decrees of the Government and city administration;
  • To introduce environmental certificates for all industries;
  • To rationally use natural resources and energy;
  • To introduce "GREEN OFFICE" initiative at your office, particularly most efficient use of resources and minimization of environmental pollution;
  • To allocate necessary funds for improvement of the environment;
  • To care for green plantations and increase their area;
  • To introduce new technologies and produce environmentally friendly goods.

On the city level:

  • To develop city environmental programme;
  • To publish illustrated report about the state of the urban environment in Tajik, Russian and English and distribute this among schools, universities, industries, ministries, NGOs, etc.;
  • To popularize environmental information;
  • To establish the basis for operation of GIS, including environmental mapping;
  • To encourage the usage of environmentally safe vehicles and clean production of goods;
  • To fulfill specific measures to improve environmental situation in transport, industrial sectors and city economy;
  • To improve the efficiency of green plantations;
  • To repair water-supply and sewerage systems;
  • To make sure regular water quality control;
  • To organize irrigation of main roads to decrease dust formation;
  • To control emissions from basic stationary and mobile pollution sources;
  • To operate the network of environmental control within main roads;
  • To promote the usage of conditioning and refrigerator systems without ozone-depleting substances;
  • To contribute to the development of electricity based transport;
  • To rise energy efficiency of residential and commercial buildings;
  • To reconstruct city zoo, open-air cages and plantations;
  • To establish the relief fund to assist Dushanbe zoo, city gardens, squares and parks;
  • To restore historical monuments and buildings;
  • To restore the fountains;
  • To make sure availability of dustbins and proper maintenance of the waste sites.

On the regional level:

  • To exchange information on the state of the environment in Tajikistan's and Central Asian cities;
  • To show interest in international actions on environmental conservation and protection.

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Last update : 30/09/2001
N. Safarov, V.Novikov

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