Wildliferelated Activities of FAO in Central Asia Jaspar

Wildlife-related Activities of FAO in Central Asia Jaspar ALBERS FAO Sub-regional Office for Central Asia (FAO-SEC) Субрегиональное бюро ФАО для стран Центральной Азии (ФАО-СЕК) Dushanbe, 03 November 2016

Contents üFAO Sub-regional Office for Central Asia üWildlife Activities at Global Level üWildlife Activities in Central Asia üBiodiversity Projects in Central Asia

FAO Sub-regional Office for Central Asia (SEC) • FAO-SEC was established in 2007 and covers: ⁻ Azerbaijan ⁻ Kazakhstan ⁻ Kyrgyzstan ⁻ Tajikistan ⁻ Turkey ⁻ Turkmenistan ⁻ Uzbekistan • Country Office in Tajikistan headed by Mr Viorel Gutu (FAO Representative).

Wildlife Activities at Global Level FAO mostly conducts ‘normative work’: Ø legislative/policy support; Ø capacity development; and Ø technical guidance. The aim is to conserve wildlife together with their habitats and to improve the livelihoods of rural communities. Typical topics of wildlife-related work by FAO include: • ecotourism; • human-wildlife conflict; • wildlife policies and legislation; • illegal harvesting and trade for food and non-food purposes; • impacts of climate change on wildlife and protected areas. FAO is member of the Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW). Contact: wild-life@fao. org

Wildlife Activities in Central Asia Неистощительная охота: лучшие примеры устойчивого использования охотничьих животных [Guide to Best Practices From Around the World] CIC Technical Series Publication No. 1 Развитие законодательства об устойчивом управлении животным миром в Западной и Центральной Азии [Developing Sustainable Wildlife Management Laws in Western and Central Asia] CIC Technical Series Publication No. 4

Biodiversity Projects in Central Asia 1/3 As an implementing agency for projects of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), FAO provides guidance on strategies and policies and their practical implementation in a participatory approach: Sustainable Land Management and Climate Friendly Agriculture, Turkey • 2015 – 2019, USD 5. 7 million • Focal areas: Biodiversity, Climate Change Mitigation, Land Degradation • Focus on great bustard (Otis tarda) as key/indicator species in agriculture

Biodiversity Projects in Central Asia 2/3 Conservation and Sustainable Management of Turkey’s Steppe Ecosystems • 2016 – 2020, USD 2. 5 million • Focal area: Biodiversity • Focus on goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) as key/indicator species

Biodiversity Projects in Central Asia 3/3 Central Asian Desert Initiative (CADI) • 2016 – 2019, USD 3. 6 million • Funded by International Climate Initiative (IKI) • Partnership with Greifswald University, Michael Succow Foundation, and the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Kazakhstan (ACBK) • Conservation and sustainable use of cold winter deserts in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan