The Steppes of Kyrgyzstan
Opportunities for Using GIS in Efforts to Conserve Kyrgyzstan's Natural Ecosystems

Modern computer technologies greatly increase the efficiency of data analysis, assessment, storage, and interpretation. This makes it possible to support research activity in virtually every field and also contributes to the development of multi-level management systems.

Malus niedzwetzkyana (Niedzwetzky's Apple)

Trees with dark purple bark, purple flowers, and violet-dark-red fruit, distributed in Talas, along the Chatkal River basin (outside the USSR — in the Kulja and Kashgar area). (Flora of the Kyrgyz Republic, vol. VII).

Mammals of the Sary-Chelek Reserve

Material was collected during expedition trips to the Sary-Chelek Reserve in late May and the first ten days of June 2001. Several altitudinal belts and about 16 biotopes have been identified here.

The Way of the Snow Leopard

Alas, humans manage to 'reach' wild animals even in inaccessible mountains. It is not enough that they have nearly wiped out wildlife at the foothills of the ranges — they must also climb to places where they themselves cannot live, but where they are nonetheless able to spoil life for others...

The Happiness of Being Useful

We do not always realize that, in the pursuit of "goods," we often destroy the lives of others. We too easily and thoughtlessly agree, for the sake of those same "goods," to take the lives of countless living creatures: flowers and insects, trees and animals. But we do not understand, or various reasons prevent us from understanding, that having taken

Recommendations for Issyk-Kul

The unfavorable environmental and economic situation in the Issyk-Kul basin has arisen as a result of inadequate and inconsistent management at all levels.

Sacred Places

Human connections with the geographic environment are extremely diverse. They can conventionally be divided into material and spiritual. The geographic environment consists of natural and artificial components containing various objects and phenomena that, to one degree or another, fall within the sphere of human interest.

A Brief Overview of the Development, Testing, and Implementation of Sustainable Development Indicators in the Kyrgyz Republic
Nature Reserves and Biodiversity Conservation in Kyrgyzstan

Under our conditions, nature reserves are one of the most effective means of conserving biodiversity. For a long time, however, the understanding of the role of reserves was incomplete. They were viewed merely as scientific institutions intended to study standards of pristine nature.

Ecosystem Management

Ecosystem management is the organization of interactions with ecosystems, or among ecosystems, aimed at ensuring their optimal functioning.

Identification and Assessment of Ecosystems for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Regional Development

The surface of our planet is not uniform. It is divided into water and land, plains and mountains, warm and cold, humid and arid regions. It is also divided among living creatures, different species of which have adapted to live under a wide variety of conditions.