# Uzbekistan says green cover has reached 15 percent of its territory > The National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change put national green cover at 15 percent and specially protected natural areas at 14.2 percent. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/uzbekistan-environment-agency-reports-15-percent-green-cover - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Environment - Country: Uzbekistan - Published: 2026-10-06T17:11:51+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-07T00:49:11+03:00 - Event / data period: 2026-10-05 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/uzbekistan-environment-agency-reports-15-percent-green-cover.md), [العربية](https://newsverum.com/ar/news/uzbekistan-environment-agency-reports-15-percent-green-cover.md), [Français](https://newsverum.com/fr/news/uzbekistan-environment-agency-reports-15-percent-green-cover.md), [Español](https://newsverum.com/es/news/uzbekistan-environment-agency-reports-15-percent-green-cover.md), [Deutsch](https://newsverum.com/de/news/uzbekistan-environment-agency-reports-15-percent-green-cover.md), [Português](https://newsverum.com/pt/news/uzbekistan-environment-agency-reports-15-percent-green-cover.md) Uzbekistan's National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change said on 5 October that green cover had reached 15 percent of the country's territory. The committee said millions of seedlings had been planted under the nationwide Yashil Makon project and that monitoring of air, water and soil quality had expanded, alongside upgrades to industrial dust and gas treatment systems. The release put the share of specially protected natural areas at 14.2 percent. It also restated Uzbekistan's Paris Agreement targets to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions per unit of GDP by 35 percent by 2030 and 50 percent by 2035, compared with 2010. The release did not explain how the green-cover share was measured. ## Data ### Uzbekistan says green cover has reached 15 percent of its territory Environmental indicators and climate targets reported by Uzbekistan's National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change on 5 October. Methodology: The committee's release reports two current shares and emissions-intensity reduction targets under the Paris Agreement. It gives no measurement method or reference date for the green-cover figure. | Indicator | Reported value | |---|---| | National green-cover share | 15% of the country's territory | | Share of territory designated as specially protected natural areas | 14.2% | | Paris Agreement emissions-intensity reduction target for 2030, against 2010 | 35% | | Emissions-intensity reduction target for 2035, against 2010 | 50% | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/uzbekistan-environment-agency-reports-15-percent-green-cover/data/uzbekistan-environment-indicators-reported-2026-10?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/uzbekistan-environment-agency-reports-15-percent-green-cover/data/uzbekistan-environment-indicators-reported-2026-10?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change of Uzbekistan]() (Source checked: 2026-10-06; Published: 2026-10-05) ## Correction history - 2026-10-07T00:49:11+03:00: German and Portuguese editions and translations of the data and correction explanations have been added to this article. --- Cite the canonical URL above. [Editorial standards and corrections](https://newsverum.com/en/editorial)