Uzbekistan's Surkhan State Nature Reserve: 4th ground testing of IUCN Connectivity Guidelines The Kugitang Mountains, a spur at the south-western end of the broader Pamir-Alay mountain range, run along a north-south axis on the southernmost stretch of border between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. To the west, Turkmenistan’s| Conservation Corridor
Turkmenistan's Koytendag State Nature Reserve: 2nd ground testing of IUCN Connectivity Guidelines Located in southeast Turkmenistan, on the border with Uzbekistan and close to Afghanistan, the Mountain Ecosystems of Koytendag (MEK) are one of the most distinctive landscapes in Central Asia. The region extends from the hot, dry,| Conservation Corridor
Many of us are familiar with Biosphere 2, the research facility created in Arizona to demonstrate the viability of closed ecological systems to support and maintain human life in outer space. However, biosphere regions are model landscapes for sustainable development through collaboration and engagement. They are places designated for their unique beauty and biodiversity, and also recognized for their value to the communities of people living there, making them ideal models for large landscap...| Center for Large Landscape Conservation