State of the Environment Report 2001, in Russian only.

At present the ecological situation in the Kyrgyz Republic is getting worse, for instance intensive melting of glaciers, shortage of fresh drinking water, soil salinisation, withdrawal of fertile and watered lands from crop rotation,and disappearance of unique biodiversity.

In a number of its regions and on a number of indicators a state is characterised by crisis phenomena which may to proceed in irreversible processes.  An unfavourable in a whole ecological state is aggravated by economic problems, forcing the population inefficient to use natural resources (cutting down woods, poaching, extensive use of arable grounds, neglect by melioration and other measures) that results, by a principle of a closed circle, in much greater deterioration of an ecological state.           At the same time, in Kyrgyzstan the unique landscapes, cleanest waters and air were kept almost untouched by anthropogenic activity which, besides other, have economic value, represent the special goods of international importance, the price on which will grow with time.

State of the Environment in Bishkek 2001

Biodiversity of Kyrgyz Republic