Climate Change Adaptation Programme and Action Plan for 2015-2017 for the Forest and Biodiversity Sector Country/Territory Kyrgyzstan Document type Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Climate change Disasters Risk assessment/management Early warning system/emergency intervention system Sustainable development Monitoring Capacity building Biodiversity Financing Public health Afforestation/reforestation Forest management/forest conservation Wild fauna Wild flora Protection forest Protection of environment Protection of habitats Geographical area Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, Landlocked Developing Countries, North Asia Entry into force notes 2015-2017 Abstract The Climate Change Adaptation Programme and Action Plan for 2015-2017 for the Forest and Biodiversity sector were developed pursuant to Paragraph 7 of the Package of Measures to Ensure the Environmental Safety of the Kyrgyz Republic for 2011-2015 promising directions concerning the field of the environment, reflected in the Concept of National Security, and the main objectives of the state policy on environmental protection and ecological safety as defined in the National Strategy for Sustainable Development for 2013-2017, and in the activities within the Programme of Transition to Sustainable Development of the Kyrgyz Republic for 2013-2017, in the framework of the “Priority Directions for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Kyrgyz Republic until 2017 approved by the Government Decree No. 549 of 2 October 2013. The purpose of this Programme is to enhance and preserve the biological diversity of the Kyrgyz Republic and to increase the area covered by forests under a changing climate. Full text English Website naturalresources-centralasia.org; http