On April 24, a ceremony was held for the transfer of two quad bikes to the protected natural territories of Uzbekistan, acquired by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) as part of a joint project of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), "Conservation and management of lakes, wetlands, and coastal corridors as a basis for sustainable and neutral land degradation in the landscape of the Aral Sea basin, supporting sustainable livelihoods" (Aral Wetlands).