Plateau Perspectives is a member of the Central Asian Conservation Network, a regional platform for migratory bird and habitat conservation in the Central Asian Flyway.
The Digital Nomad project is developing a web-based and smartphone-accessible platform that functions both online and offline, enabling the delivery of information and training in low-bandwidth environments. The initiative focuses on supporting nomadic and pastoralist communities—especially in the mountain regions of Central Asia—by making practical, high-value learning materials easily accessible.
Custodian communities and their ICCAs – Territories of Life face growing pressures from rapid socio-ecological change. At the same time, they are increasingly recognized as vital for safeguarding the world’s remaining biological and cultural diversity. Plateau Perspectives supports Indigenous peoples and local communities through practical actions, partnerships, and collaborative solutions.
Plateau Perspectives has advanced community-based governance and resource management in many ways over the past decade, including support for herders’ cooperatives, revolving funds, and collaborative snow leopard conservation.
The CEPF-supported project “Strengthening co-management in Yaghnob National Park, Tajikistan” aimed to strengthen conservation and community wellbeing in one of the country’s most remote mountain valleys, supporting capacity building in wildlife monitoring, sustainable tourism, and collaborative management.
The Central Asian Flyway is a major migratory route spanning roughly 30 countries from the Arctic through Central Asia to the Indian Ocean. It supports over 300 species of migratory birds—cranes, geese, shorebirds, and raptors among them—connecting breeding grounds, stopover sites, and wintering habitats across wonderfully diverse landscapes.
The Pamirs Mountains and Yagnob Valley in Tajikistan are home to extraordinary landscapes, with abundant biodiversity and ancient cultures. The Yagnobi people are direct descendants of the empire of Sogdia. Both people from Yagnob Valley in northern Tajikistan and the Pamiri and Kyrgyz people in Gorno-Badakhshan have many distinct cultural traditions and local livelihoods well adapted to their regions.
Protected areas, or PAs, are areas that receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological and/or cultural values. As outlined by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), PAs yield flows of economically valuable goods and services that benefit society, secure livelihoods, and contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Mountains of Central Asia biodiversity hotspot are well recognized around the world, but still lack adequate conservation. Plateau Perspectives is partnering with Lapis Guides to develop a series of digital field guides to encourage greater engagement in conservation.
Yurta Association promotes partnerships and conservation of biocultural diversity in High Asia. Cultural anthropologist Mr Carralero is working with a range of partners in High Asia to establish a ‘World Yak Herders Association’. Partnering organizations include Mountain Partnership, University of Central Asia, Kegawa Herders Cooperative and Plateau Perspectives.