Emil Japarovich Shukurov (1938–2019) — Ornithologist, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Kyrgyz Republic, full member of the New York Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the “Aleyne” Ecological Movement of Kyrgyzstan
E. J. Shukurov, born in 1938, ethnic Kyrgyz, graduated from Kyrgyz State University, Faculty of Biology and Soil Science, specializing in biology and zoology, in 1960; completed graduate studies at the Faculty of Biology and Soil Science of Moscow State University in 1962. Candidate of Biological Sciences (1968), Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1992), Professor (2001), Honored Scientist of the KR (2002).
In the past, the mountain ranges were not the obstacle for horseback travelers that they have now become for motorists. Through the Kyrgyz Ala-Too, almost every gorge led to bountiful summer pastures — jailoo. One such gorge is Kegeti, located east of Bishkek between the basins of the Issyk-Ata and Shamshy rivers.
Vecherniy Bishkek, October 5, 2012.
The country's largest gold-mining enterprise is once again coming under attack. This time, representatives of a certain public association, 'Tenir-Too Yntymak Toby,' claim to be acting on behalf of the residents of Naryn.
The development of ideas about human nature. In every age, people have pondered who they are, how they came to be, and why they exist in the world. At first, they did not distinguish themselves from other living creatures, or even from inanimate objects
We live in a world that is becoming ever more simplified. Moreover, in a world becoming ever more primitive. What is wrong with that? The problem is that, in such a world, what is good keeps getting worse. Life is being replaced by degeneration. For the worse hinders the return, the revival, of the good.
Human activity that does not take into account the need to conserve nature and its most important part — biological diversity — leads to the degradation of habitats.
The history of the modern type of human, the true human, begins with the appearance of the phenomenon of culture in the world. Humans evolved from pre-human ancestors not when they began making tools and laboring (animals are capable of this too), but when they began to produce and consume the phenomena of culture.
The most important component of the strategy for sustainable human development, adopted at the national forum on May 28, 1997, is the conservation of natural potential and biological diversity.
The publication provides an assessment of the main ecosystems of the Western Tian Shan, which ensure the region's environmental stability and provide people with various benefits; the irreplaceability of natural ecosystems in sustaining human life is emphasized.
One of the tasks of nature reserves and national parks is environmental education activity.
This essay is based on the publication: Shukurov, E.J. The Natural and Anthropogenic Environment of Kyrgyzstan. (Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Committee 'Man and the Biosphere,' Institute of Management under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek, 'Ilim,' 1991).
