Thematic areas

Four ways we protect Tajikistan's flora

PO "Ganji Tabiat" organises its work into four connected thematic areas — each one reinforcing the others, from botanic-garden science to the schoolyard.

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Conservation of biodiversity

The scientific core of our work: understanding which species are at risk, propagating them safely, and building the physical infrastructure — nurseries, demonstration plots, a living Red Book — that conservation depends on.

  • Responding to climate change impacts on native flora
  • Domesticating edible & medicinal wild plants in pilot plots
  • Protecting species listed in the Red Book of Tajikistan
  • Establishing micro nurseries & demonstration plots
  • Protecting soil against erosion
  • Building an "Alive Red Book" demonstration plot
  • Scientific research with Kulob Botanic Garden & institutions
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Awareness raising campaigns

Conservation only works if people understand why it matters. We publish, present and open our doors so that farmers, officials and visitors alike see the case for protecting these plants.

  • Raising ecological awareness among the population
  • Week of Open Doors at Kulob Botanic Garden
  • Publication of informative materials & brochures
  • Round tables, conferences & experience-sharing
  • Trainings and practical workshops
  • Agro-theatres for rural audiences
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Community mobilisation

The next generation of stewards starts at school. Contests, green patrols and Earth Day events turn students into active participants in conservation, not just an audience for it.

  • Contests, essays & competitions among students
  • Green patrols & nature corners at schools
  • Celebrating Earth Day every year
  • Week of Ecology at local schools
  • Working with traditional knowledge holders
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Collaboration with local communities

The most direct form of protection: when a household grows the plant itself, the wild population it came from gains a long-term advocate rather than another harvester.

  • Domesticating edible & medicinal wild plants directly in the household plots of local families — turning residents into long-term stewards of the species they once only harvested from the wild.

Field notes

See these thematic areas in action

Our news covers real projects across all four areas — and our plants page shows the species they protect.