A round table titled “Living Planet: Biodiversity Conservation as the Foundation of a Sustainable Future” was held at the library of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. The event was dedicated to World Environment Day. The round table was organized by the UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Development and the Central Asian-German Institute for the Protection of Ecosystems and Biodiversity of the Faculty of Geography and Environmental Management.

The Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan presented a high state award to Alexey Alexandrovich Grachev.

On June 4, 2026, the Institute of Zoology of the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted a round table titled “Modern methods of ungulate population assessment in forest zones using camera traps”, dedicated to contemporary approaches to monitoring and estimating the abundance of wild animals using digital technologies.

Staff members of the Laboratory of Hydrobiology and Ecotoxicology of the Institute of Zoology – Head of the Laboratory, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor E.G. Krupa, and Junior Researcher A.N. Kenzheeva – carried out a working trip from May 13 to 21, 2026 within the framework of the scientific and technical program BR24993060 “Development of an information system for maintaining the cadastre of wild animals of the Western Tien Shan”.

From April 20 to May 29, researchers of the Entomology Laboratory of the Institute of Zoology conducted a scientific expedition in the Western Tien Shan. The studies covered three protected areas: the “Merke” Regional Nature Park, the Karatau State Nature Reserve, and the Aksu-Zhabagly State Nature Reserve.

Professor Perizat Abdykairovna Yesenbekova, Chief Researcher of the Institute of Zoology of the Republic of Kazakhstan, conducted seminars for the staff of the science departments of the “Merke” regional nature park and the Aksu-Zhabagly State Nature Reserve.

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”.