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Report on the results of the GIZ training on the topic: “Capacity development in the field of ecotourism in Karakalpakstan with a special focus on Lake Sudochie”
Report by Nadira Shaabasova, training held from October 13 to 15, 2022 A series of training on ecotourism for tourism specialists in the Aral Sea region are being conducted within the framework of the GIZ regional project "Environmentally oriented regional development...
Camera traps will help to better study the fauna of the Aralkum
On November 8-9, 2022, initial training was held on the use of camera traps for further monitoring of wild animals in the territory of the Aralkum National Park being created. Aralkum is a new anthropogenic desert that arose on the site of the dried-up Aral Sea as a...
Tashkent hosted a series of trainings on mitigating the impact of tourism and industrial development on biodiversity
The main goal of the trainings is to analyze the impact of tourism and industrial expansion on biodiversity, as well as to promote effective measures to mitigate this impact, to prevent biodiversity loss to ensure the integrity and sustainability of ecosystems,...
Ecological tourism as a sustainable source of income for the residents of the Aral Sea and Ustyurt regions
The UK Government, within the framework of the Darwin Initiative / Defra, has allocated a grant to Uzbekistan to support a project called “Resurrection Island: Industry, Nature Conservation and Development around the Aral Sea”. The project is being implemented by...
Expedition to the Resurrection Island
Unfortunately, due to heavy rains, the roads to one of the saiga habitats (Sulama and the 40th kilometer), where we observed relatively many fresh animal tracks in May-September 2022 and February 2022, turned out to be impassable. We set up camera traps on Sulama,...
SCA public lecture on ‘Stihia’ festival in Uzbekistan
Public lecture as part of the eco-forum at the electronic music festival "STIHIA", May 6 - 8 in Muynak. It was our first experience of participating in such an event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2RupfSdKi4&ab_channel=UZREPORTTV The main theme was “The Present...
Saiga Day Uzbekistan recap
We held SCA’s traditional spring event - Saiga Day (supported by WFN & WCN) in Muynak and Kungrad region. The methodological basis of the celebration was developed and proposed to the mentors of the SWCs by the educational team from NGO "Ekomaktab". Preparations...
Saiga Day 2022 in Muynak, Uzbekistan: Eco-festival “Saiga – a bridge between the past and the future”
On May 5, 2022, Saiga Day was celebrated at secondary schools No. 1 and 4 in Muynak, Karakalpakstan. The eco-festival was organized within the framework of the project "Resurrection (Vozrozhdenie) Island: Entrepreneurship, Preservation and Development around the Aral...
Saiga Day in Jaslyk, Uzbekistan. Youth festival “Saiga is a bridge between the past and the future” is rolling
The festival relay race, devoted to Saiga Day 2022, was picked up in the villages located near the Saigachi Reserve. The village of Jaslyk on the basis of school No. 54 hospitably received teams of young ecologists from neighboring villages - from school No. 31 in the...
Saiga Day 2022 in Nukus, Uzbekistan
In the spring, we again hold our favorite Saiga Day festival. Today we are starting a series of reports from Uzbekistan on the celebration of the revival of saigas and the steppe. Every year for Saiga Day we offer a special theme related to different aspects of saiga...