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| Snow leopard conservation in Kyrgyzstan: Enforcement, education and research activities by the German Society for Nature Conservation (NABU) | |
| 2002 Conference Proceeding | |
The German Society for Nature Conservation (NABU) has been actively involved in nature and species conservation in Kyrgyzstan since 1993. NABU, which is also the German Birdlife partner, has assisted the Kyrghiz Ministry of Environment, Emergencies and Civil Defense, various national and local government agencies on the establishment of the Issyk-Kul Biosphere Reserve, bird conservation, ecotourism but also on renewable energy issues as well as alternative income opportunities for local people. In co-operation with the Kyrghiz government and local experts, NABU spend one year in 1998 developing a national snow leopard conservation strategy with the primary aim of containing the poaching of snow leopards which supplies the illegal trade in snow leopards skins and possibly bones. In January 1999, a unit of highly qualified enforcement personnel (Gruppa Bars) and support staff was hired to effectively protect snow leopards by attacking and undermining the illegal trade in its skins, bones and live animals. |
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