Head of the Aarhus Centre of Turkmenistan at the “Tebigy Kuwwat” Public Association Enterprise, legal adviser to the “Tebigy Kuwwat”. Doctor of Law. Main field of activity is state, administrative, international and environmental laws. He has more than 30 years of academic and more than 10 years of teaching experience. Under his authorship more than 15 monographs and brochures, as well as 150 scientific articles in these branches of law have been published. Y. Kepbanov has extensive experience in international, regional and national projects in the field of ecology, climate change and sustainable development. He is actively involved in the drafting of environmental laws; thus, more than 15 laws and a large number of by-laws have been drafted with his participation. Mr. Kepbanov is a member of the editorial board of the journal “Ecological Culture and Environmental Protection”, a member of the Nature Preserving Society of Turkmenistan and the Regional Environmental Expert Network “Green Central Asia” (GREEN CA). For 10 years he worked in the country’s diplomatic service, holding senior positions. He has governmental awards.