In Tajikistan, two basic systems of land ownership are distinct, these are the state farms and small-scale commercial farms. Environmentally the system of land ownership generates little personal interest in the status of land resource leading mismanagement and degradation. During last decades Tajikistan has seen an increase in soil erosion, a trend which is likely to continue into the next millennium if land conservation is not considered as one of a major environmental priorities for the country. Besides the pressure of agricultural activity, there are many factors causing soil degradation processes and decrease of land productivity. Forest cutting is one of the factors influencing the state of lands.
Alpine forest cutting leads to the increase of washing away of the soils.
Forest is the reliable defender of soils from weathering. As a result of lack of fuel the cutting processes are specifically intensive at present time. The pitting of careers distrusts the fertile of soil layers. The total area occupied by careers of commercial deposits is 2,8 thousands hectare. The renovation of old villages is frequently accompanied by illegal land occupation for the purposes of economic objects construction.