Hazar Project - «Conservation and sustainable use of globally significant biological diversity in Hazar State Reserve on the Caspian Sea Coast»

Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan

«Conservation and sustainable use of globally significant biological diversity in Hazar State Reserve on the Caspian Sea Coast»

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Announcements

Vacancy for Educational Program Specialist

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Project “Conservation and sustainable use of globally significant biological diversity in Hazar Nature Reserve on the Caspian Sea Coast” announces the vacancy for the following position:

Educational Program Specialist - ToR (Eng).

Two vacancies for Hazar Project

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Project “Conservation and Sustainable Use of Globally Significant Biological Diversity in Hazar Nature Reserve on the Caspian Sea Coast” announces vacancies for the following positions:

Project Manager - ToR (Eng);

Technical Adviser - ToR (Eng).

Procurement of Computer Equipment

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UNDP Project “Conservation and sustainable use of globally significant biological diversity in Hazar State Reserve on the Caspian Sea Coast” announces a competitive tender and invites interested companies to take part in the bid for Computer Equipment.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Joint project of the Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan, GEF, and UNDP started the work in October 2006. Project is designed for 4 years and will work till October 2010.

The main goal of the project is protection of Turkmenistan’s globally significant biodiversity by strengthening sustainability of the country’s National System of Protected Areas.

The main mission of the project is to search for new joint and adaptive approach to preservation and management of natural resources in Hazar state reserve, and to demonstrate and duplicate the best practice in the whole National System of Protected Areas of Turkmenistan (NSPA).

The main components of the project include:

Strengthening management potential and efficiency of preservation in Hazar reserve.
Establishing cross-sector capacity for integrated coastal management and creating biodiversity conservation tasks to be introduced to the industrial sectors surrounding Hazar reserve.
Building mutual understanding between Hazar reserve and local communities for strengthening sustainable use of natural resources.
Introducing best practices of the project to the NSPA of Turkmenistan.

The Khazar Reserve holds birds survey at the Turkmenistan coastal area of the Caspian Sea

Ashgabat, 25 January 2010. Scientific researchers of the Khazar state reserve and National Institute of Deserts, Flora and Fauna of Turkmenistan recently held planned survey of birds, wintering in Turkmen part of the Caspian Sea, which stretches from Kazakhstan border in the north till the border with Iran in the south, with the aim to identify the number of birds and their species variety. The event was held within the framework of "Conservation and sustainable use of globally significant biological diversity in Khazar state reserve on the Caspian sea coast", financed by the Global Environmental Facility and jointly implemented by the UNDP and the Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan.

The Khazar project trains population of Caspian communities to the modern methods of irrigation in small farming agriculture

Ashgabat, 19 January 2010 – At the end of December the Khazar project held a seminar on using modern methods of irrigation in small farming agriculture at the coastal area of Caspian Sea for people representing four pilot settlements, namely Chekichler, Garagol, Belek and Gyzylsuw, of Balkan province. The seminar was attended by representatives of regional and local administration and specialists of agriculture.

Seminar on joint planning at the local level

Seminar on joint planning at the local level Ashgabat, 3 December 2009. The UN Development Program’ project «Conservation and Sustainable Use of Globally Significant Biological Diversity in Khazar Nature Reserve on the Caspian Sea Coast», being jointly implemented with the Global Environmental Facility and the Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan, at the end of November in Belek settlement of Balkan province held training on «Joint planning at the local level».