News & Publications on conservation issues in Central Asia
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Kyrgyzstan chooses Snow leopard over gold
The prime minister of Kyrgyzstan Omurbek Babanov reversed the Government’s decision to remove a ...
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World leaders back tiger summit rhetoric with recovery plan, seed money
World leaders and countries that have wild tigers today endorsed a major plan to double the number ...
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40 Kazakhstan lakes are now in the List of Wetlands of International Importance
Two new arid steppe lake systems in Kazakhstan are now under protection of the Ramsar Convention, ...
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Children are becoming more involved in WWF activities in Central Asia
This year has seen a surge in the number of environmental activities organized by children in ...
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First month in the wild: from pens – to tugai
The last Bukhara deer of Kazakhstan's Syrdaria riparian forests was killed in 1962. After almost ...
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Tajikistan’s oldest nature reserve will receive additional 100 thousand ha of deserts
Valuable areas of desert will be included in the Tigrovaya Balka nature reserve on its 70th ...
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First UNESCO World Heritage Site created in Central Asia
UNESCO has included the site “Saryarka - steppes and lakes of Northern Kazakhstan” into the World ...
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On WWF initiative, the Amudarya reserve in Turkmenistan became half an island bigger
This small piece of land is very important for the Bukhara (Bactrian) deer.
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WWF compensation sheep increase in numbers
The herd of sheep created to compensate for livestock killed by leopard has managed to overcome an ...
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Bukhara deer released in Uzbek nature reserve
A group of Bukhara deer was released from pens in the Zarafshan nature reserve, Uzbekistan. The ...
