Page "Geography of Uzbekistan" Paragraph 25

In the first half of the 1990s, many plans were proposed to limit or discourage economic practices that damage the environment.

Despite discussion of programs to require payments for resources ( especially water ) and to collect fines from heavy polluters, however, little has been accomplished.

The obstacles are a lack of law enforcement in these areas, inconsistent government economic and environmental planning, corruption, and the overwhelming concentration of power in the hands of a president who shows little tolerance of grassroots activity.