Posts by guendalina de.luigi
CAMCA at CMS COP15: Connecting nature, creating benefits
The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) provides a global platform for the conservation and sustainable use of migratory animals and their habitats, including for three of the CAMCA focal species – Bukhara deer, Argali sheep, and snow leopard. Many animals move across different landscapes (and seascapes) through the seasons following food, for breeding, or to…
Read MorePilot-testing the New PAVA Tool
In the CAMCA project, local partners used ClimateCrowd Surveys to map how communities are experiencing and responding to climate change, and together, UNEP applied WWF-developed Species Vulnerability Assessments (SVA), adapted to regional context, to rank how each of the 6 CAMCA focal species is vulnerable to climate change. However, this left an important gap –…
Read MoreUsing drones to support Bukhara deer conservation in Tajikistan
One of the Central Asian Mammals and Climate Adaptation (CAMCA) project’s flagship species was the Bukhara deer (Cervus elaphus bactrianus), a subspecies found in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan, and recorded in Afghanistan in the past. A typical inhabitant of the tugai floodplain forests, the Bukhara deer resides in areas containing mixed tugai with Asiatic…
Read MoreArgali Camera Trap Survey in Zhongar Alatau National Nature Park
An ideal habitat on paper doesn’t always translate to reality. A recent camera trap survey, conducted with financial support from the CAMCA project, revealed that what should be Tien Shan argali territory near Zhongar-Alatau National Nature Park in Kazakhstan, might not be home to the species after all. To assess the current distribution of one of CAMCA’s six flagship mountain species, the argali (Ovis ammon), CAMCA partner ACBK conducted a study of…
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