Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan (March 18, 2010) – In the framework of the UN International Year of Biodiversity and implementation of temporary Moratorium adopted by Presidential Decree #7 as of 10 January, 2008, GEF/UNDP Project “Strengthening policy and regulatory framework for mainstreaming biodiversity into fishery sector” will hold a handover ceremony of special equipment transfer worth $100 000 in the Issyk-Kul Administration of Environment Protection and Forestry building. For the first time ever the staff of the local Administration of Environment Protection and Forestry will get for their disposal motorboats, mobile fish hatcheries, trailers for boats, work clothes, binoculars with digital camera, night vision equipment and etc. The equipment will be transferred for the capacity building of the State Ecological Inspection Service and conservation of Issyk-Kul Lake biodiversity.
The ceremony will be held with participation of management of UNDP, State Agency on Environmental Protection and Forestry, Issyk-Kul oblast Administration as well as representatives of local environment protection departments.
The main aim of GEF/UNDP Project “Strengthening policy and regulatory framework for mainstreaming biodiversity into fishery sector” is conservation of fish stock in Issyk-Kul Lake, in particular, endemic species. The Project is implementing the following tasks: improvement of regulatory framework in fisheries sector, reproduction of endemic fish species (Issyk-Kul naked Osman and Issyk-Kul Marinka), developing of alternative activities for local communities, involved in fisheries, capacity building of state and scientific structures, involved in fishery sector.
UNDP is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners.
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