To strengthen the material and technical base of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan, the FAO/GEF project “Integrated Natural Resources Management in Drought- and Salinity-Prone Agricultural Landscapes in Central Asia and Turkey” (CACILM-2) purchased a set of modern equipment.

The set includeincludees: 15 computers, 15 laptops, two powerful servers with appropriate equipment for data storage, two multifunctional color printers, and a plotter (color inkjet printer) for printing cartographic information).

The equipment was transferred to the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan and its subordinate structures – the Forestry Department, the National Institute of Deserts, Flora and Fauna – for use in scientific and practical activities.

The modern equipment will help improve the material and technical potential of the Ministry and contribute to the implementation of the Concept for the Development of the Digital Economy of Turkmenistan for 2019-2025, according to a press release from FAO.
This will make it possible to more successfully address issues of using the broad potential of digital systems for combating drought, desertification, land degradation, as well as mapping agricultural production landscapes using GIS technologies.

Let us remind that the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan was established by the Decree of the President of Turkmenistan dated July 14, 2023. At the moment, the Ministry is the main national partner of the FAO/GEF project.