Bio-diversity

Despite of total reduction of cattle stock in the Kugart valley the grassland near by settlements are exploited extremely strongly and irrationally. Because of these grasslands exploits all vegetative period and the reproduction and semination of plants not happens. It allows productivity decreasing and as a result new areas acclimate for pastures including forest territories. The cause of all the year round using of grasslands is expensiveness of movement to remote pastures and drove conditions which are not maintained by any organization in the present time. The main purpose of the project is reduction of manmade press on relict walnut forest ecosystem through rising productivity of existent pastures of nearest slopes and reconstruction of drove which allow passing to outrun cattle-breeding in Yris and Barpin Ayil Okmots. In the course of project implementation it is intended obtaining of the following results: Ecological - protection of unique walnut forest ecosystem containing wide range of endemic and Red Book species Economic -collection and processing of fruits, sale of saplings as supplement to traditional cattle-breeding, plant cultivation. rnn ull dle nnd en dr o rnl l c n l tur : cattle breeding 45% plant cultivation- 42% haymaking, wood and fruit harvesting 4% government salaries and allowances- 9% Social and cultural It is possible that the tradition of pasture turnover become popular, because pasture turnover allow increasing capacity up to 20-25%. Actions to be undertaken by Association of Entrepreneurs Kok Jangak 1. Monitoring of countryside pasture. 2. Mobilization of local people, enterprises, local authority for solving environmental problems. 3. Reconstruction of cattle-driving road (15 km) 4. Planting saplings on 14 hectares. 5. Project promotion. 12 families of the Bagysh, Safaraovka, Komsomol villages, members of the Public Association of Entrepreneurs Kok Jangak , Suzak rayon administration will be involved in the project. The main project activity will take place nearby Bagysh, Safaraovka, Komsomol villages The main expected ecological and economic benefits of the project are: -reduction of destruction rate of endemic species and species included into Red Data Book of Kyrgyzstan -support of additional kinds of management supporting conservation and reproduction of wood and bush vegetation.

Kyrgyzstan