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The Central Asian Mammals and Climate Adaptation (CAMCA) project IKI-UNEP
Mountain ecosystems of Kyrgyzstan harbour important migratory species such as argali sheep and snow leopard. However, these are under threat due to increasing anthropogenic pressures, including livestock grazing, natural resource extraction, and climate change-induced land-use changes (e.g., increased area and duration of livestock grazing). Climate change is also radically changing the habitats of species as glaciers are increasingly melting away. Since gaining its independence, many protected areas in Kyrgyzstan have been operating on reduced budgets, staffing, and equipment. There has been some improvement in recent years to involve local communities in forest and pasture management and advance species monitoring and conservation in international projects. The CAMCA project will increase knowledge on climate vulnerabilities of migratory species and by introducing methods for climate change-informed management of wildlife in and outside of protected areas.
Potential conservation benefits in saving biodiversity
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
The chart below represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.