National water policy of Tajikistan in the context of sustainable development

Abstract

This article discusses the main problems and trends in the formation of a national water policy during the period of state independence, highlights the features and key directions for optimizing national and regional water use, gives a brief description of the main parameters of the national water policy, characterizes global water initiatives, clarifies the main tasks and priorities for their implementation, the need to develop a global long-term comprehensive plan for managing the water crisis and its strategic directions is noted, the need for a transition to a sustainable water use model that allows maximum consideration of the economic, social and environmental aspects of sustainable development of individual countries and the region as a whole is substantiated, the importance of coordinating the parameters of national water policy with the tasks and the priorities of global water initiatives, the most profitable areas for optimizing water use in agricultural sectors have been identified, energy, water and sanitation, ecosystem services, melting glaciers, and the interdependence of water and sustainable development.