Environmental Performance Review of Turkmenistan

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) carries out Environmental Performance Reviews (EPR) in its member States that are not members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in order to improve their environmental management by recommending ways to achieve better policy implementation.The present publication contains the first Environmental Performance Review of Turkmenistan. This first EPR also covers 13 issues of importance to Turkmenistan related to policymaking, planning and implementation, the financing of environmental policies and projects and the integration of environmental concerns into economic sectors, in particular the sustainable management and protection of water resources, waste management, air pollution, forestry, biodiversity and protected areas, energy and climate change. The publication is aimed at officials and experts working for Government bodies responsible for environmental policy, representatives of civil society, the business community, the international community, academia and the media.