Not a single biosphere zone opened in Kyrgyzstan since 1998 — MP

AKIPRESS.COM - MP Aaly Karashev (SDPK) during the Parliament session on November 13 said that the law on biosphere territories was adopted in Kyrgyzstan in 1998, however, not a single biosphere zone has been opened in the country since then.
Director of the State Agency for Environmental Protection Mirslav Amankulov said that the Agency plans to open a new biosphere territory in Batken region.
The Parliament on Wednesday cosidered the draft law on biosphere territories of the Kyrgyz Republic. The bill was passed in the first reading.
The document is aimed at modernization of regulation of operation of biosphere territories and development of the single mechanism of norms, rules and restrictions of natural resource use, as well as providing active and sustainable development of biosphere territories in Issyk-Kul region.
Vice Speaker of the Parliament Mirlan Bakirov urged the Agency to monitor the quality of water in the Issyk-Kul Lake and resume the work of environmental posts at the entrance to the Issyk-Kul.