Bio-diversity

River Chu is the boundary river between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan along the length of almost 200 km. Riverplane in the mentioned place to a great extent is developed and changed by people. Separate fragments are left from riverplane forest that formerly covered riverplane and low terraces with dense massif and that was a former container of rich biodiversity. Modern degraded state of riverplane is the consequence of using riverplane for uncontrolled grazing of livestock, uncontrolled recreation (picnics, fires) and using of riverplane for disposal tip and car washing. The project intends to solve this problem through creation of community protected zone on which complex of measures will be conducted ensuring stoppage of degradation of riverplane ecosystem in an area of 10 hectares, and in the long run its restoration. Actions to be undertaken by Public Association Our Planet in the frame of project activities. 1. Mobilization of local community for promotion and development of sustainable development and conservation activities within the project via CB seminar, round table, trainings and meetings. 2. Inventory of biodiversity of the project site 3. Development of land and resource use plan for project site and its mapping and approval of the plan by local community 4. Cleaning of the territory of wastes and rubbish disposed over the site. 5. Planting of fast growing poplars to fence the site of 10 ha; 6. Planting of trees and shrubs within the site; 7. Development of site seeing tracks and courts for ecotourists ; 8. Development of the workshop for production and selling of handicrafts, processing local berries and Museum of Chuy River s Bottomland ; The main groups of the population are inhabitants of the village Aral and also families of migrants from Tajikistan living in premises of road operation department. Expected conservation and reproduction of endangered species (meadow and riverplane orchis) which is the only representative of family of orchids in Central Asia, and liquidation of pollution sources of transboundary waters of river Chu and sources of methane (trash dump and piles) pertains to global environmental benefits, and possibility of appearance of additional income from collection and processing of wild fruits, storage of brushwood, firewood and building timber in forest shelter-belt are the livelihood benefits.

Kyrgyzstan