Under the leadership of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, in the period of the Revival of the New Era of the Powerful State, the country has a developed legal framework directed at environment protection that includes requirements for environmental safety, environmental control, the efficient use of water resources, the prevention of land degradation and the conservation of biodiversity. Establishing ecological diplomacy as one of the main priorities of Turkmenistan’s foreign policy, the head of state emphasises the importance of humanisation of the system of international relations, its focus on environmental wellbeing and the building-up development processes, based on moral principles, and puts the value of human life at the forefront adhering to the state slogan “The state is for the people!”
Reducing the anthropogenic impact on nature is facilitated by increasing the country’s scientific and technical potential and the comprehensive work being carried out to modernise the fuel and energy complex, the construction and chemical industries and public utilities. The basis for such activities was laid by the Law “On Environmental Safety” adopted by the Mejlis of Turkmenistan in June 2017. It reflects the main issues of environmental safety, which are now concentrated in one unified document. The document also introduced into legal use legal concepts such as “environmental quality”, “healthy environment”, “negative impact on the environment”, “negative impact on public health” and others. The Law confirmed and strengthened the implementation of the principle of the Basic Law of Turkmenistan, in which it is stated that everyone has the right to a favourable environment for life and health. The state policy, based on the Law “On Environmental Safety”, provides for a gradual increase in the level of environmental safety in accordance with the plan, where the level of unfavourable factors associated with environment is determined in accordance with the Law “On Environmental Audit”.
