What we do
Sustainable forest management
Education & training
Cooperation with environmentally responsible business
Forest legislation
Publications
Regions
Amur
Development of sustainable forest management
Protection of rare animals
The Arctic
Barents Branch
Development of a network of specially protected natural areas
Preservation of rare animal species
Caucasus
Restoration of rare animal species populations
Conservation of caucasus forests
Central Asia
Restoration of a population of rare animal species
Snow Leopard
© WWF Russia
© WWF Russia
© WWF Russia
The project, supported by WWF Netherlands, started in 2009, beginning with the end of 2012 it was
The project includes:
- Monitoring of snow leopard, argali and ibex populations
Read more in News:
WWF captures the first image of snow leopards’ cubs in sarychat-eertash nature reserve - Special
anti-poaching measuresIncreasing the system of protected areas and improvement of their managrement
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Kyrgyzstan chooses snow leopard over gold
- Technical support to protected areas
- Development of alternative forms of income generation by local communities, e.g. felt handicraft production by women’s communities of high mountain villages
- Establishment and proper management of a herd of yaks —
ecologically-friendly form of livestock breeding in high mountain ecosystems — as a subsidiary husbandry of the reserve, ensuring its sustainable management - Establishment of local development funds
- Small alternative sources of energy installation
- Ecological education — activities with kids and adults
- Ecological theatre
- Special actions for raising of public awareness on the problems of nature conservation and their importance for sustainability of local communities — March of Parks, Days of Mountains, of the Earth, Snow leopard, Biodiversity Days, Snow Leopard Festivals, etc.
- Analysis of the climate change impact on the high mountain ecosystems and local communities of the project region, development and initial implementation of practical measures on mitigation of the negative impact of the climate change (download pdf, 3 Mb).
- Support was provided for the organization of the International Snow Leopard Forum in Kyrgyzstan, and the project continues to interact with the International Secretariat on the implementation of the Global Strategy on Snow leopard and its habitats Conservation
Read more in News:
Issyk kul lake is preparing for the international snow leopard forum
Kyrgyzstan awarded wwf