Lush green hills and a winding river valley under a hazy sky.

Conservation and Sustainable Management of High-Value Arid Ecosystems in the Lower Amu Darya Basin sin project


Funded by the Global Environment Facility, the project’s objective of the project is to secure high-value arid ecosystem biodiversity and associated ecosystem services, while ensuring resilient and sustainable livelihoods in Tajikistan’s lower Amu Darya landscape. The project will address key threats and corresponding barriers to sustainable land management and biodiversity conservation within dry forests and other Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) found in Tajikistan’s Khatlon region. 
 

Status:

Active

Duration:

01/05/2023 - 14/09/2028

Budget:

US$ 2,639,726

Coverage:

Khatlon region

Beneficiaries:

Local population, landowners and land users, pastoralists, and smallholder agricultural producers (communities in buffer zones, around SPNAs, in and around KBAs)

Partners:

National Biodiversity and Biosafety Center (NBBC) of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of Tajikistan

Impact

START DATE

May 2023

END DATE

September 2028

STATUS

Ongoing

PROJECT OFFICE

Tajikistan

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER

TJK-Ntl Biodiver&Biosafety Ctr

DONORS

Global Environment Fund Truste

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS

$2,206,924

DELIVERY IN PREVIOUS YEARS

2024$165,754

2025$910,029

2026$0

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