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The Kyrgyzstan Conservation Fund
Mobilizing Sustainable Finance for Safeguarding Kyrgyzstan's Biodiversity, Empowering Communities, and Sustaining the Future
The Kyrgyzstan Conservation Fund (KCF) is a financing mechanism dedicated to conserving the country’s rich biodiversity and promoting sustainable development. The KCF aims to consolidate and mobilize government, private, and donor contributions to support biodiversity conservation, climate resilience, and development of innovative conservation mechanisms and nature-based green initiatives at the local, national, and sub-national levels.
The KCF brings together government, development partners, civil society, and the private sector in a shared mission.
Though focused on biodiversity, the KCF shall also, directly and indirectly, impact other aspects of society, including promoting economic diversification and alternative sustainable revenue streams, enhancing regulatory environments, increasing innovation, and empowering women, youth, and local communities.
Strategic Action and Theory of Change
The KCF shall adopt a whole-society approach towards biodiversity conservation in Kyrgyzstan, leveraging traditional and innovative financing mechanisms, and working with diverse actors to support:
Increased Biodiversity Protection, Conservation, and Restoration;
Improved Relationship between People and Nature for sustainable livelihoods;
Creation of an enabling environment for long-term ecological and economic stability.
DESIRED CHANGE
Sustained, “whole society” approach to conservation and protection of Kyrgyzstan’s mountain ecosystems and biodiversity
IMPACT
Enhancing environmental resilience for people and the planet by fostering sustainable, innovative revenue streams and scaling biodiversity conservation finance, while establishing the foundation for a nationally-owned Conservation Trust Fund in the Kyrgyz Republic
OUTCOMES
Protected and Restored Mountain Ecosystems | Creation of an Enabling Environment | Improved Relationship between People and Nature |
Just as biodiversity conservation is a complex and interconnected issue, these three outcomes which focus explicitly on nature (planet) and people, the overall enabling environment to embed and expand biodiversity conservation principles, unlock solutions (partnerships) and ensure the benefits of a healthy ecosystem are available to all people in Kyrgyzstan (peace and prosperity).
KCF’s UN Co-founding Partners are UNDP, UNEP, FAO, and WFP, each bringing their unique strengths and ensuring the cross-sectoral expertise and coherence.
Guided by a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee, composed of representatives of the UN system, Government, and Donors;
Aligned with robust fiduciary standards of the UN system. All funds will be transparently managed with public access to data.
Contact Info
For more information on the CF, please email us registry.kg@undp.org.
