Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Improved Pasture Management in Chychkan, Toktogul and Suusamyr, Kyrgyzstan

Grantee Name: American University of Central Asia

Hotspot: Mountains of Central Asia
Location: Kyrgyzstan
Amount: $149,913
Dates: Apr 2022 – Feb 2025
Keywords: Buffer zones, Capacity building, Education, Freshwater, Land use planning, Livelihoods, Livestock, Youth, Ecosystem resilience, Landscape Resilience

Promote improved pasture management in the high valleys of Chychkan and Suusamry. Work with the villages of Jany-Jol and Suusamyr and their associated pasture management committees to develop grazing plans that allow for the conservation of globally threatened birch and wild fruit species.

Strategic Direction :

3 Support sustainable management and biodiversity conservation within priority corridors