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Environmental Migration: Case of Kyrgyzstan

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The Kyrgyz Republic covers an area of 198.8 thousand km2 (5.3% – forests, 4.4% – lakes and rivers, 54.1% – agricultural lands, and 36.2% – other) and about 96% of its territory is located more than 1,000 m above sea level. About 30% of the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic is habitable, whereas 70% of the territory are high mountains. The Pamir–Altay mountain range is in South West. In the North East, there is the Tian Shan with the region’s highest point – Pobeda Peak (7,439 m).

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This research was carried out within the framework of the EACH-FOR Project with the financial support of the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Programme (contract number 044468).

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Nasritdinov, E., Ablezova, M., Abarikova, J., Abdoubaetova, A. (2010). Environmental Migration: Case of Kyrgyzstan. In: Afifi, T., Jäger, J. (eds) Environment, Forced Migration and Social Vulnerability. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12416-7_18

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