“Energy Café” opens in the Pamir Mountains

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An “Energy Café” has opened in the remote village of Nisur, located in the upper part of the Bartang Valley, in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. The Café will provide local residents access to clean and affordable energy and Internet resources. This project was possible due to a joint initiative...

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MP members hold event at snow leopard forum

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The side event “Practitioner’s Lab on community-based conservation in the Central Tien Shan for the protection of snow leopards and their prey species” took place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on 24 August 2017 in the framework of the Global Snow Leopard Forum, which was hosted by the Government of Kyrgyzstan. The...

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World Water Week 2017

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World Water Week is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. Experts, practitioners, decision-makers, business innovators and young professionals from a range of sectors and countries come to Stockholm to network, exchange ideas, foster new thinking and develop solutions to the most pressing water-related challenges of today. Organized...

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International Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Conservation Forum

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Abdylkalik Rustamov, the Director of Kyrgyzstan’s State Agency for Environment Protection and Forestry, announced on 5 June, World Environment Day, that his government will host the 2017 Global Snow Leopard Forum on 24-25 August in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. “The snow leopard needs our help right now! If we do not take...

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Forum on mountain snow leopard opens

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The International Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Forum, a high-level event on the conservation of the endangered snow leopard hosted by the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Mr Almazbek Atambayev, opens today in Bishkek.

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Continuing cooperation for mountains

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Dr Janet Colvin, Interim Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Utah Valley University (UVU), discussed cooperation between the state of Utah, United States, and Kyrgyzstan, with a focus on sustainable mountain development, with representatives of educational institutions and the media during her visit to Bishkek,...

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