Securing wild tulips and pastoral communities in the Kyrgyz mountains
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £309,374
WHERE Kyrgyzstan
Summary
This project will work with communities in Kyrgyzstan to protect 27 wild tulip species – a third of wild species globally. Kyrgyzstan’s wild tulips are declining due to recreational cutting and overgrazing of montane grasslands, which also threatens grazing communities’ livelihoods. The project will improve grassland management, secure threatened wild tulips populations, enhance pastoralist livelihoods and engage 2,000 people in cultural activities. Work with 300 pasture users will ensure sustainable pasture management on 500ha, tulip conservation measures on 100ha and establishment of a Sustainable Pasture Management Agreement will impact 100,000s hectares of grasslands.
Gareev Botanical Garden (GBG), National Pasture Users Association of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Jayity, Association of Forest Users and Land Users of Kyrgyzstan (AFLUK), National Academy of Science, Bioresurs, Cambridge University Botanic Garden
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