Legislative and Policy Initiatives in Biodiversity Conservation in Kyrgyzstan

Abstract

A team of American and Kyrgyz scholars explores the recent history of environmental legislation in Kyrgyzstan, focusing on legislation and policy relating to biodiversity conservation. They examine a number of important and far-reaching laws enacted to promote tourism, economic development, and sustainable uses of biological resources, and investigate Kyrgyzstan's accession (or planned accession) to important regional and global treaties on conservation. A major objective is an assessment of the extent to which Kyrgyzstan is implementing or is likely to implement these important laws, and whether extant governmental institutions are capable of implementing necessary environmental laws and programs. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: Q20, Q28, Q29. 1 figure, 2 tables, 92 references.