Environmental policy and administrative management

The village of Shakaftar is located in the mountainous area of Southern Kyrgyzstan with population of 6000 people. The population is mainly engaged in agricultural sector. Due to nonrational use of lands there is great problem of degradation that local people face nowadays. Current worsing tendency of living conditions leads to the unfriendly relashionship of man with nature. As a result, there are more trees being cut, increase of mud flow and degradated lands. The possible solution to these problems was initiated by the local community based organization of Nurmuhhamed- to take the responsibility for the lands. The main project idea is to demonstrate economical and ecological attractiveness of rehabilitation of bush and tree vegetation in the degradating areas.

Kyrgyzstan