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Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative

Long-running restoration and conservation of Kazakhstan’s steppe, semi-desert, desert and wetland ecosystems within the historic range of the saiga antelope.

Problem

Biodiversity loss, Grassland and savanna loss

Place

Kazakhstan

Organisations

Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan

Method

Steppe and grassland restoration

Review state

EXTERNALLY VETTED

What the sources establish

1. The Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative is recognised by the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration as a World Restoration Flagship.

   externally reviewed · strong · external review — UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration / Ecosystem Restoration Hub — Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative

   Limitation: UN/implementer-reported project information; not independently measured by 4PLANET.

   Limitation: World Restoration Flagship status is external review, not 4PLANET verification.

   Limitation: Area under restoration and other programme metrics are source-reported and are not silently converted into ecological outcome.

2. The UN profile reports 7,000,000 hectares under restoration and a 7,500,000 hectare restoration goal for 2030.

   source checked · source reported · reported not independently verified — UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration / Ecosystem Restoration Hub — Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative

   Limitation: UN/implementer-reported project information; not independently measured by 4PLANET.

   Limitation: World Restoration Flagship status is external review, not 4PLANET verification.

   Limitation: Area under restoration and other programme metrics are source-reported and are not silently converted into ecological outcome.

What this record does not establish

4PLANET has not reviewed this project under its own method. No 4PLANET partnership, funding or verified ecological outcome is recorded.

Sources

• decadeonrestoration.org

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