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Problems of Protection and Preservation of Mountain Glaciers: Risks and Solutions (on the example of glaciers in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan)

Annals of Medicine and Medical SciencesVol. 9, No. 06, (2025) June 10, 2025pp. 8224-8234DOI: 10.18535/sshj.v9i06.1890 1 citations
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Abstract

The accelerated melting of mountain glaciers is closely linked to issues of environmental risks, first of all, as well as to decision-making in the field of research into ethical dilemmas and the technical feasibility of such solutions for the conservation of mountain glaciers. Unfortunately, such solutions in determined problems are quite often limited in its wider applying in practice. The importance of solutions on the preservation of mountain glaciers is explained by the problems in related areas, such as electricity production and water using on the both in transboundary environment and within the country. At the same time, in our opinion, public acceptance of strategies and policies for the preservation of mountain glaciers is extremely important against just generalization of problems noted.

Research problems in reducing the melting of mountain glaciers are based on important ethical issues, namely the intergenerational responsibility for the conservation of mountain glaciers and transnational water resource management. Ultimately, the proposed article will offer the results of discussion and decision-making in the following research areas: socio-economic development and pattern of air pollutants emission, introducing the dynamic monitoring model, transnational governance and cooperation in a field of water resources using, and improved designing the ethical and legal frameworks for the conservation of mountain glaciers.

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