Biodiversity conservation priorities of the Kyrgyz Republic till 2024.

These priorities for biodiversity conservation of the Kyrgyz Republic for the period till 2024 establish strategy, program, principles and guidelines of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of biodiversity conservation. On its basis, action plans (a set of staged measures on biodiversity conservation) of the Kyrgyz Republic are implemented. Priorities are developed based on the discussions at the working meetings and round tables, reviews and expertise of materials, with the participation of representatives of the relevant ministries, administrative agencies, higher educational institutions, the public and independent experts.
Establishment of a germplasm bank (gene bank) is an important part of a strategy for conservation ex-situ gene pool of plants. Germplasm bank increases opportunities of reliable conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources, integrated into the system for creating collections of living plants in the botanical gardens and arboretum, and field gene banks and banks of the seedlings. The need to establish germplasm banks arises due to the fact that the preservation of the gene pool in the botanical gardens has certain disadvantages: (a) living collections contain only a small part of the genome of a species; and (b) under conditions of culture a risk of spontaneous pollination in populations and hybridization with related species is increased, it can lead to erosion, or even gene loss of genotype specificity.
The main objective of these priorities is the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the Kyrgyz Republic for the sustainable socio-economic development. Taking into account the needs and priorities of the Kyrgyz Republic in 4 strategic targets. Strategic target 1. Integrate biodiversity conservation issue into the activities of state bodies and public organizations by 2020, as the basis of the human being and sustainable economic development of the Kyrgyz Republic. Strategic target 2. Reduce the impact on biodiversity and promote its sustainable use. Strategic target 3. Improve the protection and monitoring of ecosystems and species diversity. Strategic target 4. Improve the social importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services, increase the benefits of sustainable ecosystem services and traditional technologies.
To ensure effective implementation of these priorities and to identify deviations from the targets and objectives, analysis and development of the necessary measures for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity a short-term progress is being evaluated. A short-term evaluation of the implementation of the Action Plan also will be implemented in 2020 and 2024. Effectiveness of the implementation of the Program will be determined by a group of independent experts.