China and Uzbekistan Sign Desertification Control Cooperation Agreement

en.Wedoany.com Reported - The International Conference on Central Asian Desertification Control Cooperation was recently held in Yinchuan, China. During the conference, the Forestry Department of Uzbekistan's State Committee for Ecology and Climate Change signed two bilateral ecological cooperation agreements. The first agreement was signed by the Director of the Uzbekistan Forestry Department, Erkin Mukhiddinov, and the Director of the Ningxia Forestry and Grassland Administration. The two parties agreed to jointly expand green coverage, build shelterbelt networks, establish modern nursery germplasm bases, simultaneously cooperate in managing water and soil resources, restore degraded land, and control soil salinization, while also facilitating the supply of talent and specialized financing channels for ecological projects. The second commercial agreement was signed between the Uzbekistan Forestry Department and Yinchuan Wolsen Water-Saving Irrigation Co., Ltd. China will export an integrated water and fertilizer-saving irrigation system, accompanied by practical training for Uzbek specialists.

Uzbekistan is one of the countries in Central Asia with prominent issues of soil salinization and desertification. Land degradation has constrained the development of agriculture, animal husbandry, and national greening efforts, while local reserves of water-saving forestry technology and salt-tolerant germplasm resources are relatively insufficient. Currently, Central Asian countries are intensifying their green economy strategies, with ecological restoration and forestry carbon sinks incorporated into national development plans. Cross-border trade in forestry technology, germplasm resources, and water-saving equipment continues to rise.

In addition to the two agreements mentioned above, China and Uzbekistan have jointly established five saline plant gardens since 2025. China has exported 1,400 tons of saline plant seeds for local seedling cultivation and greening. Zhongtan Forest Resources (Beijing) Co., Ltd. has been deeply engaged in the local carbon sink sector, implementing a 5,000-hectare pistachio carbon sink forest project in the Surkhandarya region, balancing ecological restoration with economic forest benefits. According to disclosures, the integrated water and fertilizer-saving irrigation technology exported by Yinchuan Wolsen can reduce fertilizer consumption by 20% to 50% while improving the efficiency of automated irrigation operations.

This cooperation has formed a government-enterprise collaborative model for going global: local forestry institutions have established official afforestation cooperation channels, improving the joint standard system for Central Asian forestry; Yinchuan Wolsen has entered Uzbekistan's ecological infrastructure through small-scale technology projects, exporting complete sets of water-saving and fertilizer equipment. Overall, Chinese enterprises, leveraging advantages in germplasm resources, equipment, and carbon projects, continue to optimize their ecological industry layout in Central Asia.

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