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From 19 to 21 May 2026, the international regional meeting “BESPIN Regional Trialogue for Europe and Central Asia. Coordinated Uptake of Biodiversity and Climate Knowledge for Transformative Action” was held in Skopje, North Macedonia. The event brought together representatives of the scientific community, public authorities, international organizations, and experts in the fields of biodiversity, climate change, and sustainable development.

From April 28 to 30, 2026, in Almaty, the Institute of Zoology of the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with the Almaty Branch of the National Center for Biotechnology and the Institute of Zoology of the Zoological Society of London, held a regional seminar on laboratory diagnostics.

On April 16–18, 2026, the Institute of Zoology (Almaty) hosted the International scientific online conference “Advances and challenges of modern herpetology”, dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the renowned Soviet and Kazakh herpetologist Zoya Karpovna Brushko (1931–2023).

Employees of the Institute of Zoology of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part in a scientific and practical round table organized within the framework of the “Sievers apple tree blooming festival”.

On April 22–23, 2026, the regional working meeting “GBIF Central Asia 2026 Subregional Engagement Meeting” was held in Tashkent (Uzbekistan).

An article has been published in the journal Zootaxa in which scientists from the Institutes of Zoology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Republic of Kazakhstan describe a new genus of tarantulas and four species of spiders previously unknown to science.

Employees of the Institute of Zoology of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part in the Regional Environmental Summit “RES 2026”, held in Astana on April 22–24, 2026.

From April 24 to 27, Almaty will become part of the global environmental challenge City Nature Challenge 2026.

On April 18, 2026, an environmental event “Tasbaqa: Saving the Central Asian Tortoise” was held in the Almaty Region, dedicated to the conservation of the Central Asian tortoise and the development of environmental awareness among school students. The program included the release of rescued animals into their natural habitat, a field excursion, an award ceremony for participants of the national competition, and the premiere of a documentary film about the Central Asian tortoise.

Every year, starting from 2011, April 12 has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as Science Workers’ Day in accordance with a Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.