Within the
#JashylKlimat Project, an inception workshop was held on 3 March 2022 in the village of Tash Bashat, Naryn region.
This remote high-mountain village is set among the mountains and in the immediate vicinity of the Naryn nature reserve.
The meeting was attended by farmers, staff of the nature reserve and the forestry enterprise, schoolteachers, local self-government officials, representatives of the pasture committee and a youth initiative group.
The participants of the meeting were introduced to the goals and objectives of the Project, as well as to the impacts of climate change and the ways in which the population can adapt to it.
During the meeting a survey was carried out using a purpose-designed method, which will make it possible to assess the vulnerability of the villagers to climate change and to compile a “radar” of the village of Tash Bashat.
The groups drew up a map of the village, marking ecosystem services, cultural and recreational sites, the factors that regulate and support the ecosystem, and the risks of natural disasters.
During the presentation of the map the participants actively added to and commented on the presenters’ work and made their own corrections and additions.
As a result of the meeting the following problems were voiced:
a shortage of irrigation water in the village, which has reduced the yields of arable land,
the lack of quality seed material,
pasture degradation and overgrazing, an increase in the number of livestock,
unemployment,
the lack of alternatives to livestock farming, the need to move from the quantity of livestock to quality, and so on.
