Azerbaijan and Turkey signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of environmental protection on October 12.

Ecology and Natural Resources Deputy Minister Vugar Karimov has said that Armenians damaged Azerbaijan's nature, biodiversity and whole ecosystem, deliberately setting fire to 100 hectares of land during their three-decade occupation of Azerbaijani territories.

Proposals have been made for the construction of new reservoirs on the Bargushad and Hakari rivers in Azerbaijan’s territories liberated from Armenian occupation [in the 2020 second Karabakh war], Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Vugar Karimov told Trend on Sept.8.

The partial reduction in the area of green spaces was observed in Galajig forest in Azerbaijan’s Gusar district in 2019-2021, but the data on the complete destruction of green spaces do not correspond to reality, Head of the State Environmental Security Service under the Azerbaijani Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Hikmat Alizade told Trend on July 5.

The field of hydrometeorology in Azerbaijan needs specialists with knowledge of technology, Head of the National Hydrometeorology Service, Umayra Taghiyeva, told journalists within a media tour organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources to Gubadly district, Trend reports on Apr.13.

About 1850 trees have been planted in Tovuz region and Baku's Khojasan settlement as part of Green Marathon co-organized by the IDEA Public Union and the Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry.

Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry registered several mineral deposits in the country’s Zangilan region, Trend has reported.

A tree planting campaign has been held as part of the "Green Marathon" campaign organized by the IDEA Public Union and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources.

A special program is being prepared to carry out work on the restoration of forests in Azerbaijani territories liberated from Armenian occupation, Head of the Forest Development Service under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Namiq Khidirov said during the ‘Expert’s Hour’ program, Trend reports.

Some 9,530 hectares of land for planting forest (agro-) gardens have been already rented out, Head of the Forest Development Service under the Azerbaijani Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Namiq Khidirov said during the ‘Expert’s Hour’ program, Trend reports.