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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…
Read MoreCAMCA Project Conference – Transboundary Corridors & Dialogue
As the CAMCA project wrap ups, there’s growing momentum to carry its successes forward. After months of planning, the CAMCA partners welcomed a wide range of stakeholders – government representatives, national park managers, protected area field rangers, NGOs, and community representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan – to Bishkek on October 22 and 23. This…
Read MoreCelebrating International Snow Leopard Day!
Final Partners Meeting – Dushanbe 2025
Tajikistan Nature Foundation and CAMP Tabiat welcomed project partners to Dushanbe for our final partners meeting from September 8-11th, 2025. Implementing partners discussed all the activities and community adaptation measures to be organized as the project concludes, while international partners focused on upscaling and resource mobilization for the project’s most promising tools, pathways, and results.…
Read MoreNational Consultation Meetings in Tajikistan & Kazakhstan
In Tajikistan, highlights included: Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) measures selected through dialogue with communities, including building watch towers and ranger check stations; Ongoing wildlife monitoring efforts, including camera trap surveys at high elevations, ungulate surveys via direct observation routes, and Bukhara deer monitoring via thermal cameras on drones; Interviews with community members about human-wildlife conflicts; A…
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