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2024 in Review: CAMCA at the COPs!
CAMCA partners do a TON of work behind the scenes in our pilot areas – work that doesn’t always make the spotlight. But last year, we got to showcase all their hard work not once, but twice, on some of the biggest stages in the conservation world! Nations sign multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) to tackle…
Read MoreEnhancing Knowledge on New Management Regulations in Kyrgyzstan
In order to stay in line with the latest regulations, local communities, which develop management and utilisation plans for rangelands, got some much needed updates in November, 2024, as well as more information about the creation of municipal enterprises to provide more services to rural mountain populations. In response to the new rules, CAMP Alatoo…
Read MoreGames for Learning: Rangelands & Biodiversity in Kyrgyzstan
On November 21 and 22, 2024, training sessions for biology and geography teachers were held in the Ton, Ak-Suu, and Jeti-Oguz districts in Issyk-Kul Oblast, as well as Naryn District in Naryn Oblast (Kyrgyzstan). The trainings explored new ways to teach students about rangeland conservation and biodiversity, organized by CAMP Alatoo. The primary focus of…
Read MoreNEW 2032 Horizon for Bukhara Deer & Argali
The CMS Secretariat, in cooperation with the Forestry and Wildlife Committee of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan, hosted the Range State Meeting on the Implementation and Revision of the International Single Species Action Plan for the Argali and the Third Meeting of the Signatories to the Bukhara Deer MOU in September,…
Read MoreJournalist Training Workshop Held In Kazakhstan
Transboundary Knowledge Exchange
Specialists from Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan Met to Exchange Biodiversity Conservation Experience As part of the UNEP-led CAMCA project, СAMP Alatoo* organized a series of dialogues and a study tour in one of the project pilot areas – the Ton and Jeti-Oguz districts of the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan. The event was attended by project partners,…
Read More2024 Call for Applications: Journalist Workshop
This communication workshop will strengthen journalists’ skillsets in Central Asia to understand and effectively communicate about the links between climate change and biodiversity conservation. Join us! Structure of the workshop: The workshop will be led by Alevtina Madyarova and Gulim Amirkhanova, two nationally and internationally recognised journalists and trainers with extensive expertise with storytelling, focusing…
Read MoreMe and the Unique Wild Animals of My Region
As part of the CAMCA project, CAMP Alatoo organized an event for schoolchildren (age 12-16) from the Issyk-Kul and Naryn regions (north Kyrgyzstan). Students got to engage in citizen science and participate in a creative competition, highlighting conservation issues and concern for the future the animal and plant species around them. The contest theme was, “Me and the world of unique wild animals of my region.”
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