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Protecting the wetlands of Chuy valley

By engaging with local communities and institutional partners, we are drawing a path towards the inclusive conservation of the wetlands of Chuy valley. Our project revolves around 4 main components:

Passive acoustics monitoring and ecological surveys

Nature based solutions for threat mitigation

Community empowerment and owernship

Ecotourism and environmental education

This project is currently funded by the GEF Small Grant Program, implemented by UNDP Kyrgyzstan

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Geese of the Tian-Shan

Lake Chatyr Kol is a unique ecosystem in the Tian Shan mountain range, home to the only remaining breeding colony of Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus) in Kyrgyzstan. This lake is a also a hotspot for migratory waterbirds and waders in the Central Asian Flyway and a potential nodal point in the diffusion of zoonosis.

GPS tagging of Bar-headed and Greylag Geese

Bird counts and ecological survey

This project is implemented with the support of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and in close coordination with the State Nature Reserve of Karatal Japyryk and the Department of Biodiversity conservation and specially protected areas under the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Extirpating wildlife poisoning in the Kyrgyz Republic

NSAIDs and wildlife poisoning are major causes in the decline of the population of vultures globally. Nature Foundation is leading comprehensive surveys to assess the severity of the threat and map out steps to mitigate it

Study: NSAIDs use in the Kyrgyz Republic

Study: Wildlife poisoning

Development of a comprehensive database of vulture population

Government engagement for the development of a national plan for raptor conservation

This strategic direction is implemented with funding received from the Hanns Seidel Foundation – Korea, and in close cooperation with UNDP Kyrgyzstan, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Central Asia, the Vulture Conservation Foundation and the Coordination Unit of the Raptor MOU.

Raptors in Central Asia: trade and local use impact assessment

Nature Foundation is partnering with Fauna&Flora on a IWTCF funded project to assess the impact of local use and trade on raptor populations in Central Asia. Nature Foundation is leading population surveys of Falcons in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Saker Falcon population assessment

Species Distribution Models of falcons and eagles

Online market surveys

Amphibian conservation

Little is known about the distribution and threats faced by amphibians species in the Tian Shan mountains. Nature Foundation, in close coordination with the IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group is working to set up monitoring system and threat assessments for

Study: Distribution and conservation status of the Central Asian Frog (Rana asiatica) in the Kyrgyz Republic

Study: Rediscovering the Turkestanian Salamander (Hynobius turkestanicus) – status, distribution and threats