On May 20-21, a working meeting was held with the local community in the village of Jyrgalan, Issyk-Kul region as part of the international Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI)
The aim of the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) is to assist in the implementation of the Strategic Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 2011-2020 and the Aichi targets by developing recommendations on creating effective and suitable forms of support for community conservation. Within the initiative, joint assessments of the resilience of community environmental conservation initiatives are conducted in at least 20 countries (including Russia, Iran, Panama, Chile, Paraguay, Kyrgyz Republic, and others), as well as the support that should be provided to strengthen these initiatives globalforestcoalition.org. The results of the assessment will be widely disseminated through an active information and advocacy campaign and will be taken into account at the Convention on Biological Diversity and in relevant international political processes.
In Kyrgyzstan, the Initiative is implemented by the Environmental Movement BIOM, in partnership with the State Agency for Environment Protection and Forestry. The initiator of the Initiative at the international level is the Global Forest Coalition network, with the support of the Christensen Fund and the Government of Germany. As part of the informational meetings, meetings are also held with women from local communities to assess traditional knowledge and the possibility of its preservation for the sustainable use of biological diversity, as well as the ecosystems of forests and pastures. Such meetings take place in all 20 pilot countries globalforestcoalition.org/women2030.
As a result of the working meetings, the collected materials will be presented at a national seminar aimed at promoting local community initiatives at the national level. One of such initiatives is the possibility of creating local protected areas, so-called micro-reserves. We hope that it will be reflected at the decision-making level in our country and allow local communities to preserve their natural and cultural values.
For more information, please contact Anna Kirilenko, Environmental Movement “BIOM” annakir7@gmail.com
