%0 Dataset
%T Tajikistan: Nature and natural resources
%J Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center
%I Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center(data.dcxjegi.cn)
%U https://data.dcxjegi.cn/portal/metadata/355d5ffe-0b3a-4c34-a0f4-bf6ae887ec2d
%W NCDC
%R 10.12389/ariddc.01616
%A Documentation Information Center
%K Tajikistan;Natural resources
%X The monograph Tajikistan (Nature and Natural Resources) is a comprehensive and integrative scholarly work that embodies the collective efforts of numerous scientists of the Republic. The need for such a publication had long been recognized, largely owing to the major decisions of the Communist Party and the Soviet Government concerning the rational utilization of the country’s natural resources.The issues of nature conservation and the rational use of natural wealth possess particular contemporary relevance and immense global significance. They are directly connected with, and exert a positive influence upon, many important aspects of modern social life, encompassing political thought, economic and social development, as well as the broader sphere of culture.In the age of electronics and atomic energy, amid the rapid development of space research and technological progress, the face of the Earth is changing at an extraordinary pace. Humanity is confronted with a global task: to ensure that these transformations are positive and constructive rather than negative and destructive.This publication was created in pursuit of precisely that noble and important objective. Scientists and specialists from across the Republic, including geographers, geologists, hydrometeorologists, seismologists, soil scientists, ecologists, climatologists, glaciologists, botanists, zoologists, parasitologists, economists, and agricultural experts, devoted more than five years of intensive work to its preparation.The contributors to the various chapters include not only scholars of the Academy of Sciences of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, but also leading experts from the Republic’s higher educational institutions, sectoral research institutes, and government departments. The authors of Tajikistan sought, for the first time, to produce a broad and comprehensive work presenting a complete account of all the natural resources of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, including climate, water