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UZBEKISTANCOUNTRY REPORTFOZILOV ELYOR
The State Committee of the
Republic of Uzbekistan on Geology
and Mineral Resources

VISITING RESEARCHER, UZBEKISTANA
August25 to N
Novemberb 20
20, 2015

GENERAL INFORMATION

Geography.
Uzbekistan - a country located in the central part of Central Asia.
Name of the State "Republicpof Uzbekistan".
Uzbekistan has an area of 447,400 square kilometers. It is the 56th largest country in the world by area and the42nd by population. Among the CIS countries, it is the 5th largest by area and the 3rd largest by population.
Bordering Kazakhstan and the Aral Sea to the north and northwest, Turkmenistan to the southwest, Tajikistan tothe southeast,, and Kyrgyzstan
y gy
to the northeast,, Uzbekistan is one of the largestgCentral Asian states and the onlyyCentral Asian state to border all the other four. Uzbekistan also shares a short border (less than 150 km)
with Afghanistan to the south.

L dLandscape.
Th mainThe
i partt off Uzbekistan
U b ki t isi occupied
i d with
ith plainsl i (about( b t fourffifth off theth totalt t l area).
) And
A d one off thethmain ones is Turanian plain. To the East and to the North-East of the country are located mountain ranges of theThan-Shang and Pamir, with the highest top of the country 4,643 m. To the North of the Central part of Uzbekistan
is located one the largest deserts in the world – Qyzylqum.

Administrative Divisions
Uzbekistan is divided into 12 provinces(viloyatlar, singular viloyat, compound noun
viloyati e.g., Toshkent viloyati, Samarqand
viloyati, etc.), one autonomous republic(respublika, compound noun respublikasi e.g.
Qaraqalpaqstan
Avtonom
Respublikasi,
Karakalpakistan Autonomous Republic, etc.),
and one independent city (shahar.
(shahar compoundnoun shahri, e.g., Toshkent shahri).

Division

Capital
City

Area
(km²)

Population

Key

Andijan Region

Andijan

4,200

2,477,900

2

Bukhara Region

Bukhara39 40039,4001 576 800
1,576,800

3Fergana Region

Fergana

6,800

2,997,400

4

Jizzakh Region

Jizzakh

20,5001,090,900

5Karakalpakstan
Republic

Nukus

160 000
160,000

1 612 300
1,612,300

14

Kashkadarya Region

Karshi28,4002,537,600

8Khorezm Region

Urgench

6,300

1,517,600

13

Namangan Region

Namangan

7 900
7,900

2 196 200
2,196,200

6Navoiy Region

Navoiy110,800

834,100

7

Samarkand Region

Samarkand

16,4003,032,000

9

Surkhandarya Region

Termez20,8002,012,600

11

Syrdarya Region

Gulistan

5,100

698,100

10

Tashkent City

Tashkent

335

2,352,900

1

Tashkent Region

Tashkent

15,3002,537,500

12

Climate
Climate is mainly desertcontinental.
Seasonal
temperaturepdifference issignificant. Average wintertemperature is lower than 6
degrees Centigrade below
zero,
while
averagetemperature in July is higher
than 35 degrees above zero.
zero
Number of precipitations israther small. It’s therefore,
th t thethatth agriculture
i ltmainlyi ldepends on irrigation.

Demographics
Uzbekistan is Central Asia's mostpopulous country.
country
Its 31,025,500
31 025 500
citizens comprise nearly half theregion's
total
population.
The
populationppof Uzbekistan is veryy yyoung:
g
34.1% of its people are younger than
14. According to official sources,
Uzbeks comprise a majority (80%) ofththet t l population.
total
l ti
Oth
Other
ethnicth igroups include Russians 6%, Tajiks 5%(officialestimateanddisputed),p2,5%,
Kazakhs 3%,, Karakalpaks
and Tatars 1%.

NatureNature of Uzbekistan consists of combination of sub-tropical features with moderate zones.
L d air,Land,
i watert andd firefi (sun)() havehb
beenrespected
t d ini Central
C t l Asia
A i fromfth timestheti
off
Zoroastrians calling people in ancient times to care for purity of rivers and abundance of soils.

Mountain system
Mountains and foothills comprise about one fifth of the country’s area. In the East, mid and highmountain reliefs prevail: the boundaries of Uzbekistan embrace the slopes or ends of mountain
ranges of the Western Than-Shang (Ugam, Pskem, Chotqol, Kurama) and Pamir-Oloy (Zarafshon,
Turkiston, Gissar, Kugitangtau, Baysuntau). To the South and West, they gradually descend andchange to plains. Among the mountains span quite large trough: Qashqadaryo, Surhondaryo,
Zarafshon Samarqand.
Zarafshon,
Samarqand The biggest intermountain trough is Farghona hollow (valley) – 370 km,
km
and the width reaches 190 km. It’s framed by the mountain ridges from three sides, and is open
only from the West. On the border with Afghanistan is located vast Amudaryo basin.

Water Resources.
People that lived in the Asian region had always
cherish the water. There is a saying in the
Orient: «There is life in places with water».
Since olden days settled population had chosen
places for inhabitation near to rivers and canals.
canalsTwo large rivers flow through the territory of
Uzbekistan: Amudarya and Sirdarya that springfrom the outside of the country. However,A dAmudaryai its
init lowerlpartt off flow
fl(1 415 km)(1,415k ) isi
within borders of Uzbekistan, and Sirdarya
being the second river by water-bearing is withinborders of our country in its middle part of theflow (2,212 km). There are few lake on the
territory of our republic. The most number oflakes are situated in mountainous area at theheight of 2,000
2,000-3,000
3,000 meters. Large lakes
include the Sudochye Lake in Amudarya’ deltaand Arnasay Lakes. There are also a great
number of artificial reservoirs in Uzbekistan
among which the largest one are Kattakurgan,
Kattakurgan
Chardara, Tuyabuguz and Charvak reservoirs.
The largest lake - Aral Sea had significantly
decreased its level in recent years and its
shoreshl ft byleftb tenst
off kilometers.
kiltEnvironment
Global problem of the Aral Sea
The driedThd i d bottomb
off thehAral Sea photos

Uzbekistan has rich and diverse naturalenvironment The Aral Sea used to beenvironment.
the fourth-largest inland sea on Earth,acting as an influencing factor in the air
moisture and arid land use. Since the1960s, the decade when the misuse of
the Aral Sea water began, it has shrunk
to less than 50% of its former area anddecreased in volume threefold.
threefold
Due to the Aral Sea problem, highsalinity and contamination of the soil
with heavy elements are especiallywidespread in Karakalpakstan, theregion of Uzbekistan adjacent to the Aral
Sea. The bulk of the nation's water
resources is used for farming,
farming which
accounts for nearly 84% of the water
usage and contributes to high soil
salinity. Heavy use of pesticides andf ili
fertilizers
ffor
cotton growingif hfurtheraggravates soil pollution.

July – September,
September 1989

August 16,
16 2009

THE DRIED BOTTOM OF THE ARAL SEA
photosNatural resources
The Republic of Uzbekistan possesses large production and mineral resource potential,
unique agricultural resources, significant volumes of prepared raw materials (semifinished products), derived as a result of processing, rich natural resources, developed
infrastructure. Modern level of p
prospectingpg minerals is connected with development
pofrichest deposits of precious, non-ferrous and rare metals, all types of organic fuel – oil,natural gas and gas condensate, brown and low temperature coking coal, oil shale,uranium, many types of resources for construction materials.
On the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan was found broad range of treasures ofthe soil, which includes more than 100 minerals, out of which 60 are already used in theeconomy.

According to confirmed reserves of such minerals as gold, uranium, copper, natural gas, tungsten,potassium salts, phosphorus, kaolin, Uzbekistan ranks leadership positions not only in CIS, but inthe entire world. Thus, Uzbekistan is the 4th largest on gold reserves, and is the 7th largest on
mining hereof, 10th-11th – on copper reserves; uranium – 7th-8th, on mining – 11th–12th.
Available reserves of mineral resources in majority not only supply mining complexes for the longperspective but also allow to raise the capacities to set up new mining of a number of the mostperspective,
important minerals such as gold, uranium, copper, lead, silver, lithium, phosphorus, potassium
salts, fluorspar, vollastonit, agrochemical ores and others.

The State symbols
The State FLAG of the Republic Of Uzbekistan
The law about "The State Flag of the Republic of
Uzbekistan" was adopted on November 18 in 1991
in the 8th session of the Supreme Council of
Uzbekistan. The flag of our country is a symbol ofthe sovereignty of the Republic. The national flag of
the Republic represents the country internationallywhen official delegations
gfrom Uzbekistan visit
foreign countries, as well as at conferences, world
exhibition, and sports competitions. The national
flag of the Republic is a right-angled colored clothof three horizontal stripes: blue,
blue white and green

The State Emblem
The law about "TheThe State Emblem
Emblem" was approvedby the 10-th session of the Supreme Council of the
Republic of Uzbekistan on July 2, 1992. The newstate emblem of the Republic of Uzbekistan was
created to reflect the many centuries of experienceof the Uzbek people. The state emblem of the
Republic presents the image of the rising sun overa flourishingg valley.
y Two rivers run throughg thevalley, representing the Syrdarya and Amudarya.

Holidays•

Jan ar 1 – New
January
Ne Year "Yangi Yil Ba
Bayrami“
rami“•

January 14 – Vatan Himoyachilari kuni•y–March 8 – International Women's Day"Xalqaro Xotin-Qizlar kuni“•

March 21 – Navrooz – "Navro'z Bayrami“•May 9 – Remembrance Day – "Xotira va
Qadirlash kuni“•

September 1 – Independence Day –"Mustaqillik kuni“•y – "O'qituvchiqva
October 1 – Teacher's Day
Murabbiylar“•

December 8 – "Constitution Day" –Konstitutsiya kuni

Variable date•

End of Ramazon Ramazon Hayit Eid al-Fitr•

70 days later Qurbon Hayit Eid al-Adha

NATURAL HAZARDSNatural Hazards Likely to Affect the (features, tendency).

In ten sity o f ear th q u akes
In p o in ts

6 and less78
9 and more

MAP OF SEISMIC RISK ZONING OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

Uzbekistan ranks high among countries that have endured significant loss of life andproperty due to earthquakes and other natural disasters. As one of the most seismic
active regions in Central Asia, Uzbekistan is struck by earthquakes in the eight to ten
point ranges. In addition to its seismic vulnerability, Uzbekistan is affected by hydrohydrometeorological hazards affecting the agricultural sector with seasonal floods and periodsof drought.

Recent Major Disasters
Tashkent earthquake happened at 5:23 am April
26, 1966 At the relatively
y small magnitudeg((M = 5.2
on the Richter scale), but because of the shallow (3to 8 km) of occurrence of the hearth, it caused a 89 -point (on a 12-point scale MSK-64), shake theearth'searth
s surface and substantial damage of buildingsin the city centre. At Tashkent, 10 were killed, 1,000
were injured, and about 100,000 were left
homeless. 28,000 buildings were destroyed,
including 200 hospitals and clinics,
clinics and 180
schools, in the Old Quarter of Tashkent, theprincipal damage area. Thousands of the ancient,
one-story adobe dwellings were flattened.
Additional damage was sustained from thehundreds of aftershocks which followed.

Andijan

Andijan earthquake – the catastrophic earthquake that occurred two (16) December
1902 in the city of Andijan Fergana region. The death toll of about 4000. The earthquake
consisted of three roughly equal strength shocks. The first of which, a magnitude 8.9,
occurred at 10:00 am. 1-1.5 minutes there was a second, the most powerful force on the
push-magnitudehit d 9-9.5.
9 9 5 After
Aft 30 minutes,
i t
after
ft theth first
fi t twot
f ll
followedd by
b a third
thi d push,hmagnitude 8. The earthquake had destroyed 11,000 buildings and 161 types of local
building the "European style". Survived only three buildings of European architecture:urban Orthodox Church,
Church Prison and City Bank.
Bank Material losses,
losses net of government
agencies accounted for 12 million rubles. The death toll was 4602 people, which is about 9
per cent of the residents of the city in 1902.

Seismic network of Institute of seismology
Academy of sciences of Uzbekistan includes
23 items of registration. The majority of devices
with photo-registration.
photo-registration The first step was madethrough the experts China Seismological
Bureau. On grant, a basis to Institute ofseismology the government of China gave five
di it l seismic
digitali i stations
t ti- 2 EDAS-24
EDAS 24 andd 3EDAS-3. They were established around of
Tashkent's for the control of a seismic situation
around of capital of Uzbekistan. Care of thedata, the radio telemetry is used
Network map

Seismic network circuit
TransferTf off theth data.
d t Maintenance
M i t
off
data transmission on a FTP-server ofservice of urgent reports is made by
means
of
a
networkoftheP j t UzSciNet,
Project
U S iN t as ini allll regionalilcenters of Uzbekistan there is a unit ofaccess. A number of stations (Andijan,
Fergana,
Namangan,Samarkand,
Khi
Khiva,K h ) isKarshy)i connectedt d tot thethallocated Internet channels. Event files
are automatically sent on FTP- server,
located in a building Tashkent seismic
observatory.
bt
At otherthseismic
i i stations
t ti
after operation of the trigger event files
are sent on server on dial-up
connection.

DISASTER MANAGEMENTSYSTEM

Administrative system
The State system of prevention and emergency response consists of controls andcapabilities of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, 12 regions,districts and municipalities, ministries and departments, enterprises, institutions andorganizations.
g
The structure and functioning of the state system of prevention and emergency action
by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan:- ensures the creation of state reserves of financial and material resources fordisaster management, as well as the procedure for its use;
- responsible for financial and resource support capabilities for the prevention andliquidation of emergency situations, equip them special appliances and other material
and technical means;- classification of states of emergency situations and determines the degree of
involvement of the executive power to eliminate them;- monitors
itth activities
theti iti off ministries,
i i tid
departments,tt localll authoritiesth iti in
i theth protectiont tiof population and territories from emergency situations;
Specially authorized state body for the protection of the Ministry of Emergency
Situations for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Ministry of Emergency Situations:- develop and adopt action to prevent
emergency situationsiisave lives
lianddpreserve health, protect the material andcultural values, as well as the recovery
andd reducedddamagesiinemergency
situations;- organizes the development andimplementation of targeted programs andresearch in the field of population andterritories from emergency situations;- takes within their jurisdiction,
jurisdiction
obligatory for execution by ministries,
departments, enterprises, institutions andorganizations, officials and citizens;- organize the preparation of controls, forces and protection frames the
population and territories for actions in emergency situations;- controls the forces and means for dealing with emergencies,
emergencies creates a control
posts, warning systems and communications;- organizes the emergency rescue and other emergency operations inemergency situations;- carries out state control over the implementation protection measures the
population and territories from emergency situations;

Legal System and Framework
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Uzbekistan is a central government
body responsible for directing and coordinating activities in the field of civil protection, prevention
and response to emergency situations caused by accidents, catastrophes and natural disasters.
Ministry of Emergency situations has few documents for disaster management of the Republicof Uzbekistan. There are:

Structure of Disaster Management
National platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
STRUCTURE OF THE STATE SYSTEM OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN.
CABINET OF MINISTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTANMINISTRY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONSOPERATIONAL SUBSYTEM OF SSESTERRITORIAL SUBSYTEM OF SSESLOCAL AUTHORITIES(SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE
REPUBLIC
OF САМООРГАНЫ
МЕСТНОГО
ОРГАНЫ
МЕСТНОГО
САМОСАМОKARAKALPAKHSTAN,
УПРАВЛЕНИЯ
ХОКИМИЯТЫ
ОРГАНЫ МЕСТНОГО
САМОУПРАВЛЕНИЯ
ХОКИМИЯТЫ
KHOKIMIYATS(MAYOR’SРКОБЛАСТЕЙ
УПРАВЛЕНИЯ
ХОКИМИЯТЫ
OFFICE) OF THE OBLASTSANDРКОБЛАСТЕЙ
РК TASHKENTОБЛАСТЕЙCITY)MINISTRIES ANDМИНИСТЕРСТВА
МИНИСТЕРСТВА
DEPARTMENTSИМИНИСТЕРСТВА
ВЕДОМСТВА
ИИВЕДОМСТВА
ВЕДОМСТВАNATIONAL LEVELLOCAL LEVELENTITY LEVELGOVERNING BODIESGOVERNING BODIESGOVERNING BODIES

DAY-TO-DAYOPERATION BODIES

DAY-TO-DAYOPERATION BODIES

DAY-TO-DAYOPERATION BODIESCAPABILITYCAPABILITYCAPABILITY

RESERVES FORFINANCIAL AND
PHYSICAL RESOURCESRESERVES FORFINANCIAL AND
PHYSICAL RESOURCESRESERVES FORFINANCIAL AND
PHYSICAL RESOURCESEARLY WARNING AND
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMEARLY WARNING AND
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMEARLY WARNING AND
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

National Organizations for Disaster Risk Reduction
There are sector oriented concepts and target programmers on natural disaster risk reductions which are
specified depending on the area of activity and nature of disasters. The SSES functional and territorialsubsystems’ action plans have been developed, approved and are systematically adjusted based on the
Decrees of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan andresolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan which govern the functioning of theg bodies:
SSES and those of the following
PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

Deputyp y Prime Minister of the RepublicpofUzbekistan

Minister of Emergenc
Emergency Situations
Sit ations

Ministry of Emergency Situations,

Ministry of Economy

National Holding Company
Uzbekneftegaz“Uzbekneftegaz”

Ministry of InteriorState Committee of Nature
conservation

National Television and Radio
broadcasting Company “Uzbekistan”

State Committee of Geology
and Mineral ResourcesState Committee of Architecture
and Construction

National Air Company“Uzbekistan Airways”
yState Stock Railway
Company “Uzbekistan railways”

Ministry of HealthAcademy of Sciences

State Stock Company “Uzbekenergo”

Ministry of DefenceCentre of Hydro-meteorologicalHydro meteorological Service under
the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of
Uzbekistan

St t Insurance
State
I
Companies
Ci“Uzagrosughurta” and “Kafolot”

Ministry of Agriculture
and Water Management

State Stock Company “Uzavtoyul”

Uzbek Agency “Uzcommunkhizmat”

Ministry of FinanceState Stock Company “Uzkimyosanoat”

Uzbek Agency of Communications
and Informatization

Uzbek Agency of Automobile and River
Transportation

State Inspection“Sanoatkontekhnazorat”

National Council of the Red CrescentSociety of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Ministry of Higher and secondary
Specialp
education
Ministry of Public Education

Disaster Management Strategy, Policy, and Plan.
For theF
th implementationi lt ti
off theth statet t policy
li
i the
in
th fieldfi ld off vitalit l interestsi tt off thethindividual, society and the state act legal framework regulating the activities the stateauthorities and enterprises and organizations, as well as civil self in the area of civil
protection The Laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On protection of population andprotection.
territories from emergency situations of natural and man-made" and "Civil
Protection", and a number of resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers.
The world practice shows that timely prevention of hazards of natural and man-mademan madehazards, the priority realization of measures to prevent and reduce their negative
impacts are much more economical and more effective than emergency response.
In order to realize these tasks,
tasks the Ministry of Emergency Situations together with theinterested ministries and departments of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Council of
Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city State
program is designed to forecast and prevention of emergency situations (hereinafter- the State program).
The purpose of this state program is to provide a guaranteed level of protection of
populationpand territories from emergency
gy situations,, risk reduction andthe pmitigation of accidents and natural disasters in the country, taking into accountachievements of the national science and technology, as well as international
experience in this field.

The State Program included the following:
Natural disaster risk reduction
1. Risk reduction program for the effects of earthquake
2. Program on prevention of floods, mudflows, avalanches and landslides
3. Programgon p
prevention of epidemics,p
epizooticp
outbreak, epiphytoties
pp yTechnological disaster risk reduction
4. Program on prevention of chemical emergency
5 Program on prevention of accidents at explosive and fire hazardous sites
5.
6. Program on prevention of accidents at the sites and power network
7. Program on prevention of transport accidents and disaster (motor transport,
railway aircraft,
railway,
aircraft the Metro)
8. Program on prevention of disaster at hydraulic engineering structures
Early warning of population
9. Program on creation of territorial and local systems and early warning
Improvement of emergency rescue services
10 Program10.
P
on equippingi ith CentertheC t on training
t i i
and
d advanceddd trainingt i i
off rescue
workers of MoES with rescue gear, equipment, outfit and on construction of training
centers
Training of the population on disaster preparedness
11. Program on training of population

PROGRAM ON PREVENTION OF FLOODS, MUDFLOWS,AVALANCHES AND LANDSLIDES
Landslides
Required:

Under implementation:• control at technical points• survey and monitoring investigations• Improvement of information- analyticalsystem (GIS,(GIS space borne remotesensing)• observation of hazardous geologicalprocesses (HGP)• Insurance system updating• observation of underground water level• Maps of territory exposure to HGP
with recommendation on risk reduction• scientific – research work
• notification and warning on hazards

PROGRAM ON CREATION OF TERRITORIAL AND LOCAL SYSTEMS
AND WARNING UNDER HAZARDS AND EMERGENCY
Early warning systems
Required:

Currently implemented:• Territorial systems for communication• Replace obsolete analog warningand warning are in operation

system with a digital one• Local warning systems at some water• FollowF ll
up withith creationti
off localllstorage basins and industrial objects

warning system for makhallas

are ini operationti• Reconstruction• Set up an integrated computerof

thewarning system is carried out

national

assisted system for collection andprocessing of information on hazards
and warning for makhallas

PROGRAM ON IMPROVEMENT OF EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICE
Training of emergency rescue service staff
Currently implemented:

Required :• mobile emergency rescue teams• instructional technologies for training

capableof rescue workers by specialties

torespondtodifferent

emergenciesgare raised• moderndi t tiinstructiont h itechniquesffor• there is a training center for training
and advanced training of rescue
workers

rescue workers• modern emergency rescue gear,
equipment and outfit

PROGRAM ON TRAINING OF ALL THE POPULATION CATEGORIES
Training of the population• Training
T i i
off theth teachersth
att 15 institutes
i tit tf training
for
t i i
and
d educationdti
offteachers• Training
T i i
off children
hild
with
ith life
lif safetyf t fundamentals
f dt l att 6565 kindergartens,
ki dt9748 schools, 28 charity homes• Training off students with life
f safetyfprinciples at 1000 colleges and lyceums,
64 higher educational establishments• Training of the executives and employees of the ministries, departments
and organizations• Training of economically inactive population

STATE COMMITTEE OF THE
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTANON GEOLOGY AND MINERALRESOURCESSTATE COMMITTEE OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTANON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES

State committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on geology and mineral resources
carries out geologic analysis of entrails with the purpose of strengthening and developmentof the mineral base of the mining and process industry, provides coordination of different
branches of industry
ind str connected to the geologic analysis
anal sis of entrails of the territory
territor of
Uzbekistan, carries out the state control over the geologic analysis of entrails by all
enterprises and organizations irrespective of patterns of ownership, creates and provides
functioning of a databank on the geologic structure of entrails and mineral resources of therepublic, conducting the State balance on mineral reserves, etc. with the purpose ofdefinition of conditions of their economic and rational use.

STRUCTURE OF STATE COMMITTEE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZBEKISTANON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
Scientific and Technical Council

Chairman
Geological Survey

vice-chairman

Department of formation andmonitoring of the exploration
program

Department of Hydrogeology,
engineering geology andgeoecological works

DepartmentDtt off G
Geologyl
off solidlidminerals

Department of introduction ofmodern technologies of
exploration and foreign
investment

Department of Coordinate ofscientific research works ingeologythe subordinate enterprises
SE SPC "Geology of hydro resources"
SE "Ingichka
Ingichka pilot plant expedition
expedition"
SE "Institute of Mineral Resources"
SE "Institute of Hydrogeology andEngineering Geology"
SE "Kitab geological reserve"
SE "Geological Museum"
SE "Geoltehsnab""G l hb"Ltd. "Geoburtehnika"

College
Department of Licensing subsoil

Department of economy andfinance exploration

Department of Accounting andReporting

Department of regional survey andgeological mapping

Chief Specialist of Internal Audit

SE "Integrated geological and search
expedition"
SE "Central
Central Geological and Geophysical
expedition"
SE "Karakalpakstan Geological search
expedition"
SE "Central Uzbekistanskaya geologicalsearch expedition"
SE "South Uzbekistanskaya geologicalsearch expedition"
SE "East Uzbekistanskaya geologicalsearch expedition"
SE "Centre for Remote Sensing and GIS
Technologies"
Technologies
State Geological Information Center
SE "Central Laboratory""

special department
legal adviser
Chief specialist on staff
management
Chief Specialist on labor
protection and safety instructions
Administrative Department
JSC "Chatkal"

MAIN TASKS OF GOSCOMGEOLOGY¾ Implementation of a unified state policy in the field of geological study,
use and protection of subsoil and reproduction of mineral resources,
the implementation of public administration in the field of mining
relations;¾ Organization of geological exploration of mineral resources, forecastingand identifying fields for geological and economic evaluation of mineral
resources (except hydrocarbons), justification of the possibility of
subsoil use for purposes not related to the extraction of mineral
resources;¾ Management,
Management within their competence,competence the state subsoil fund and thestate fund of geological materials of stone, as well as specially
protected geological objects;¾ Coordination of activities related to geological exploration in Uzbekistan(with the exception of work on hydrocarbons).

STATE COMMITTEE OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTANON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
Mineral resources deposits,
revealedl d during
d i
Independence
I d
d
years
Underground water
362 / 48,0%

Building materials
198/26,3%

Hydrocarbons
Hdb
94 / 12,5%

Precious raw materials
14 / 1,9%

Noble metals
30 / 4,0%Mining chemical raw materials
12 / 1,6%
Mining raw materials
21/2,8%Ferrous metals
1 / 0,1%

Non-ferrous and rare
metals
11 / 1,5%

Radioactive
metals
11 / 1,5%

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position at the world market of mineral resources in many directions.

Department of Hydrogeology, engineering geology
and ggeoecological
g
works
•

Regularly carries out the analysis of a condition of resources, the control
and realization of offers on full and rational use of the reconnoitered stocksof underground waters;•

Carries out the control under the prevention of catastrophic consequencesof dangerous geological processes and radiating conditions on objects ofworks;•

Participates in work by definition of optimum directions of hydrogeological,
engineering-geological and geoecological works, buildings of water in taking
constructions on use of the reconnoitered stocks of underground waters,
working out of protective actions from landslips and collapses in mountainareas of Uzbekistan;RESEARCH LANDSLIDES IN UZBEKISTANIn Uzbekistan¾ 21,3% (90,0 thousand кm2) - of the total area is mountainous;¾ 10
10-11%
11% (2,6(2,6-3,0
3,0 mln. people.) - population live in the mountainous area;¾ 40% - mountainous area susceptible to landslides, avalanches, mud flows

and debris processes;¾ 17% - mountainous area at risk of landslides;¾ 2,02 0 - thousand landslides;¾ 8,3 thousand - landslide displacements recorded in 50 years:

1. 65% of the landslides caused by snowmelt, precipitation and groundwater
2. 15-20% of the historical and contemporarypy earthquakesq
3. 20-25% of man-made factors

MAP OF GEOLOGICAL THREAT

Distribution in terms of landslides

The coefficient of the affectedareas by landslides
very highhighmediumllownumber of landslide zone
research areas

To 1 thousand m3 shallow
To 5 thousand m3 medium
To 1 million m3 large
More than 1 million m3 large

In Uzbekistan monitoring over the landslides is lead since 1958.
1958 At thepresent, in the system of the State Committee of the Republic of
Uzbekistan on geology and mineral resources there exist special structure- State Service on Monitoring over the dangerous geological processes,
consistingi ti off 7 regionalil monitoringit i stations.
t ti

The history
y of landslides monitoringgservice in Uzbekistan• 1958 - Landslide station;• 1961 - Bostanlyk landslide party;• 1991 - Specialized engineering and geological
expedition.
• 1994 - StateS
S i on Monitoring
ServiceM i i over theh dangerousdgeologicalggprocesses of the Republicppof Uzbekistan

STRUCTURE OF STATE MONITORING SERVICE FOR HAZARDOUS
GEOLOGICAL PROCESSESSTATE MONITORING SERVICE
FOR HAZARDOUS GEOLOGICALPROCESSES

The informationanalytical group

Central control communication

Geophysicaldepartment

Topo-block

AREAL MONITORING STATIONS

Angreng
MS

Bostanlik MS

SamarqandMS

Qarshi MS.

ShahrisabzMS

Surhandarya
MS

Ferganag
MS

MAP OF LANDSLIDE-PRONE AREAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

1Monitoring stations:2

1 -Bostanlyk
72-Angren

3 -Samarkand
3

4 -Shaxrisabz
5 -Karshi

46 -Surkhandarya
56g
7 -Fergana

The tasks of the State Service Monitoringg:1.

Identification of areas of dangerousggeologicalggprocesses and the evaluation of their activation;

2.

Organization of monitoring;3.

State control of hazardous geological processes;

4.

Preparation and issuance of recommendations;

Structure of monitoringg
Structure monitoring geohazards – more attention is paid tothe forecast, and risk assessment and management, and theprevention ppprocess. On this basis,, the monitoringg ofhazardous geological processes consists of 4 blocks:• observation• evaluation• control• warning

Transfer Scheme operational information about the manifestations ofdangerous geological processes
The Government's flood committeeof the Cabinet of Minister of the
Republic of Uzbekistan

The Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES)of the Republic of Uzbekistan

GOSCOMGEOLOGYState Monitoring Service
for hazardous geological processes

AREAL MONITORING STATIONS

Local government areas
and regions

Territorial Management andEmergency Departments of MES

Organizations

Public service monitoring annually conducts
surveillanceillfor
f objects
bj t 700-750
700 750• 450 mountain villages• 115 hhealthlth ffacilities
iliti• 147 plots of mountain roads• 40 mining
g and hydraulicystructures• 85 plots of channels, culverts, etc.