📆From 19 to 22 February 2026, as part of the project ‘One Health in Nature Conservation – Improving Landscape Resilience to Zoonotic Diseases through the Consolidation of Nature Conservation Systems in Central Asia’, which is being implemented in the countries of the region with the support of IKI and IUCN, Ilbirs Foundation organised a trip to the Issyk-Kul region to conduct a census of waterbirds 🦢🦆 along the eastern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul.

📆From 19 to 22 February 2026, as part of the project ‘One Health in Nature Conservation – Improving Landscape Resilience to Zoonotic Diseases through the Consolidation of Nature Conservation Systems in Central Asia’, which is being implemented in the countries of the region with the support of IKI and IUCN, Ilbirs Foundation organised a trip to the Issyk-Kul region to conduct a census of waterbirds 🦢🦆 along the eastern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul.

The winter bird counts were conducted in the Key Ornithological Territory ‘Eastern Issyk-Kul’, in the areas of 📍Yntamak, Tyup, Dzhygalan, Jeti-Oguz and Kyzyl-Suu. In total, more than 10,000 individuals of […]

In early February 2026, as part of the CAMCA project, employees of the Ilbirs Foundation conducted a field expedition to the high-altitude areas🏔️ of the Jeti-Oguz district of the Issyk-Kul region, where more than 20 interviews were conducted with livestock owners and herders.

In early February 2026, as part of the CAMCA project, employees of the Ilbirs Foundation conducted a field expedition to the high-altitude areas🏔️ of the Jeti-Oguz district of the Issyk-Kul region, where more than 20 interviews were conducted with livestock owners and herders.

This field trip is a continuation of work to study the current state of the ecological corridor connecting the country’s key specially protected natural areas. The data obtained will allow […]