News and Media July 2017

By Zhanna Khussainova and James Maiden A new study conducted by BIOFIN has found the value of ecosystem services in the Chon-Kemin Nature Park to be worth US$ 140 million per year – a unique habitat for flora and fauna including the iconic snow leopard. At a seminar organised by BIOFIN in mid-July,...Read more

UNDP experts organized a green café for the media in Kazakhstan’s capital city of Astana on 20 July 2017 and talked about measures of the UNDP and the Kazakh Government on expanding of protected areas, creating ecological corridors for saigas and koulans, expanding the range of the Asiatic poplar tr...Read more

BIOFIN Experts in forest management, fishery, agriculture, light and heavy industries and representatives of public organizations have discussed a financial resource mobilization plan to conserve biodiversity in Kazakhstan in Almaty on 27-28 July 2017. The BIOFIN project team proposed new areas for...Read more