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Four people on horseback riding down a grassy mountain between stands of trees.
First time riders on horse back, Ile Alatau National Park Kazakhstan
©Andrey Kulagin (@kulagin)

Sustainable Tourism in the Dzungaria Corridor of Kazakhstan

Grantee Name: Tabigat Republican Association of Hunting Communities and Farms

Hotspot
Mountains of Central Asia
Location
Kazakhstan
Amount
$150,006
Dates
Mar 2022 – Oct 2024
Keywords
Community-based conservation, Habitat conservation and management, Hunting, Protected Areas, Species Conservation, Tourism, Wildlife management, Employment

Promote equestrian-based tourism in the mountains of the Dzungaria-Alatau region of southeastern Kazakhstan. Promote adherence to good hunting practice per existing laws and study the effect of improved land use on the presence of ungulates and Snow leopards.

Strategic Direction :

4 Engage communities of interest and economic sectors, including the private sector, in improved management of production landscapes (i.e. priority sites and corridors that are not formally protected)

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