2025 activities at a glance

Community land conservation through neighbourhood tree planting

20 FEBRUARY 2025 | TEMIRCHILAR NEIGHBOURHOOD, TERMEZ DISTRICT

TerSU professors, tutors and student volunteers joined the national “Yashil Makon” (Green Space) initiative in the Temirchilar neighbourhood of Termez district. Working together outside the university campus, participants planted approximately 100 juniper seedlings and carried out local environmental improvement work. The event connected university personnel with neighbourhood-level action to expand green cover and encourage responsible stewardship of shared land.

Large-scale environmental action in public neighbourhoods

24 OCTOBER 2025 | TERMEZ CITY NEIGHBOURHOODS AND ROADSIDES

Under the campaign “Ecological Culture Is the Foundation of a Healthy Society”, nearly 1,000 TerSU students organised the collection of litter from neighbourhoods and roadsides across Termez. More than five tonnes of household waste were collected and removed using university service vehicles. This activity promoted community engagement and practical protection of shared urban land from waste pollution. The event was independently reported by Uzbekistan National News Agency (UzA). UzA news coverage

World Cleanup Day: student-led ecological volunteering

20 SEPTEMBER 2025 | “MAKE ROOM FOR LIFE” CAMPAIGN

TerSU’s Faculty of Natural Sciences coordinated the “Make Room for Life” plogging campaign to mark World Cleanup Day. Student volunteers collected 120 kg of waste during the environmental action. The initiative combined practical clean-up work with environmental awareness, highlighting student participation in protecting land environments and reducing litter.

Environmental Knowledge Day: public conservation awareness

15 APRIL 2025 | REPUBLIC-WIDE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS INITIATIVE

Faculty members of TerSU’s Faculty of Natural Sciences and postgraduate ecology students organised outreach activities linked to Environmental Knowledge Day. Their purpose was to communicate the importance of environmental education and conservation to wider sections of the public, extending the university’s role beyond formal classroom instruction.

International field research for sustainable desert-land management

26 JULY 2025 | KATTAQUM DESERT, TERMEZ AND JARKURGAN DISTRICTS

In response to Surkhandarya Regional Administration assignment No. 04-04/1636 of 11 July 2025, researchers from TerSU’s Centre for Regional Studies worked with specialists from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The project addressed the impact of mobile sand dunes and hot desert winds on nearby communities. Research activities included site investigation, environmental monitoring, remote sensing, mapping and territorial analysis. The researchers developed scientific approaches concerning sand-dune stabilisation, shelterbelts and the selection of plants suited to desert conditions.

The work supports the conservation and sustainable management of dryland landscapes outside the university’s direct control, with a particular contribution to SDG Target 15.3 on combating desertification and land degradation.

“Yashil Makon” extending green spaces and maintaining planted trees

10 FEBRUARY 2025 | DARBAND FIELD-TRAINING BASE

TerSU implemented another major tree-planting activity at its Darband field-training base. University staff planted 7,000 young trees and carried out site improvement work. As reported in February 2025, the university had planted approximately 35,000 fruit-bearing and ornamental seedlings cumulatively across its campus and related areas during previous years of the national Green Space initiative. The 35,000 figure represents the cumulative initiative, not additional planting completed in 2025.

Subsequently, in March and April 2025, university management reviewed campus greening and instructed responsible teams on the water supply and care of fruit, ornamental and flower seedlings. This follow-up demonstrates continuing attention to tree maintenance alongside planting activities.

Contribution to SDG 15 and sustainable land use

Through these 2025 initiatives, TerSU combined public environmental outreach, community volunteering, tree planting and scientific research to promote sustainable use of land, protect natural and urban landscapes and strengthen practical knowledge of ecosystem conservation. The community-facing and dryland initiatives were conducted in areas outside the university campus, while Darband planting and maintenance provide complementary evidence of institutional environmental stewardship