The meeting of the heads of the two countries' agencies took place on the sidelines of the 31st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31). The main topic of the negotiations was the need to coordinate efforts to address common environmental and climate challenges in Central Asia.
Protecting the snow leopard and migration corridors
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, the parties discussed the implementation of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program (GSLEP). Within this framework, attention will be focused on protecting the transboundary population of this species.
To achieve the cooperation goals, the republics intend to develop the following areas:
- joint monitoring of the state of nature
- exchange of scientific data
- combating poaching
- preservation of natural migration corridors
Context
The meeting was held by Akyl Toktobaev, Minister of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Alibek Kuantyrov, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
