Total number of applications received: 37.
The following projects were selected by the Selection Committee based on the results of the expert selection:
Kazakhstan:
1. Public fund «Wildlife Without Borders»
Project: «Ensuring the sustainable existence of two globally significant snow leopard populations through the development of a set of environmental measures aimed at maintaining the ecological connectivity of landscapes»
2. Public fund «Zhassyl azyk»
Project: «Integrated pasture management of Kaskasuy rural district of Tolebi district of Turkestan region to reduce threats to the biodiversity of the Sairam-Ugam State National Natural Park»
3. Public association «Ugam»
Project: «Introduction of «green technologies» in the development of EcoAgroTourism in order to preserve the biodiversity of the Tolebi territory of the Western Tien Shan»
Kyrgyzstan:
1. Kyrgyz Wildlife Conservation Society
Project: «Restaurant» for scavenging birds in the KBA Western Issyk-Kul – as a foundation for the conservation of birds and the involvement of local communities in their protection»
2. Union of pasture users of Ak-Dobe village district
Project: «Pasture users of Ak-Dobo learn from the nature»
3. Public fund «Issyk-Kul clean»
Project: «Save Issyk-Kul from fish nets»
Tajikistan:
1. Public organization “Ganji Tabiat”
Project: «Conservation of threatened wild fruit tree species in South Tajikistan via establishing micro-nurseries and growing trees»
2. Youth Environmental Center
Project: «Involvement of nature users and communities in reducing the burden on the Khojamumin KBA in Tajikistan»
3. Public association «Kuhhoi Pomir»
Project: «Measures for the protection and reproduction of the rarest wild relict endemic pear species Pyrus cajon for its effective use»