The Regional Ramsar Network of Central Asia offers new approaches to protect the wetlands

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Tashkent, Uzbekistan – On November 28-30, 2023, representatives of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) and the Ramsar Regional Initiative of Central Asia (RRI-CA) participated in the Regional Dialogue on Transboundary Conservation in Central Asia. The dialogue aims to identify priorities and initiatives for cross-border environmental initiatives and cooperation for sustainable landscape management …

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A new project on financial self-sufficiency of protected areas starts in Kyrgyzstan

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Kyrgyzstan’s Office of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) launches the project “Feasibility study of an effective system of financial self-sufficiency in protected areas (PAs)”. The project is supported by the UNDP Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN-II). BIOFEN is a global partnership that addresses the issue of biodiversity financing in a comprehensive way for …

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The 2nd National Forest Inventory in Kyrgyzstan is being completed

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The 2nd National Forest Inventory in Kyrgyzstan is being completed The State Forest Service of the Kyrgyz Republic is completing the 2nd National Forest Inventory (NFI #2) in Kyrgyzstan. The purpose of the NFI #2 is to ensure the sustainable development of the forest sector, preserve biological diversity through the creation of a reliable and …

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Turkmenistan, National report, 2021

Task 1: Threats to Altyn-Kol lake according to measures to mitigate negative anthropogenic impacts. Task 2: Preparation of the Nomination Dossier for the Altyn-Kol Ramsar Site in Turkmenistan.

Kazakhstan, National Report, 2021

Task 1: Preparation of a report on threats to “Lakes in the lower reaches of the Irgiz and Turgai rivers” and the “Kulikol-Taldykol lake system” according to the measure on preparation of measures to mitigate negative anthropogenic impacts for the conservation of the Ramsar and potential Ramsar sites. Task 2: Carrying out three works on …

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Cities in Europe and Central Asia : A Shifting Story of Urban Growth and Decline

This report is organized in four sections. Section one provides an overview of the context in which many ECA cities consolidated. This section includes a review of the key factors that shaped the urban systems of ECA, including a discussion of the implication of urbanizing under planned economies and a discussion of recent demographic trends …

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ANNUAL CROPLAND MAPPING USING REFERENCE LANDSAT TIME SERIES—A CASE STUDY IN CENTRAL ASIA

Mapping the spatial and temporal dynamics of cropland is an important prerequisite for regular crop condition monitoring, management of land and water resources, or tracing and understanding the environmental impacts of agriculture. Analyzing archives of satellite earth observations is a proven means to accurately identify and map croplands. However, existing maps of the annual cropland …

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Impact of agricultural land use in Central Asia: a review

Central Asia is geopolitically and strategically important because of its geographic position. The Central Asian states Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are situated in the heart of the Eurasian continent and form a trade link between China, the Middle East, and Europe. Upon entering into membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, this region has …

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SoilGrids is designed as a globally consistent, data-driven system that predicts soil properties and classes using global covariates and globally fitted models. If you are looking for soil information on national and/or local levels we advise you, before using SoilGrids, to compare SoilGrids predictions with soil maps derived from national and local soil geographical databases. …

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