Almaty, Kazakhstan, 17 September 2026 – Kazakhstan continues to manage zoonotic disease risks, with veterinary surveillance in Almaty Region detecting brucellosis in 149 cattle and 20 small ruminants during the first half of 2026. Against this backdrop, professionals from four protected-areas, wildlife researchers and biosafety specialists met in Almaty from 15 to 17 September to strengthen practical approaches to reducing zoonotic spillover risks.

On August 26, 2026, a meeting took place at the Institute of Zoology between Ramaz Gokhelashvili, the new Director of WWF Central Asia, and Aydin Baurzhanovich Yeszhanov, the Institute’s Director General.

The film tells the story of the TASBAQA Nature Conservation Foundation and its work to conserve the Central Asian tortoise in Kazakhstan.

Researchers from the Laboratory of Ornithology of the Institute of Zoology of the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with specialists from the Alakol State Nature Reserve, conducted field studies of Dalmatian and great white pelicans in the Mynkol lake system.

Together with colleagues from the Chengdu Institute of Biology, researchers conducted a comprehensive study of the herpetofauna of the Western Tien-Shan.

On 14 August 2026, Taldykorgan hosted the international scientific and practical conference entitled “The Sievers Apple in the Context of the Historical, Cultural and Natural Heritage of Zhetysu: The Historical and Biological Value of a Unique Giant Tree and the Scientific Basis for Granting It the Status of a ‘Scientific Natural Site – National Heritage’.”

Following the results of the конкурс, Aidyn Baurzhanovich Eszhanov, PhD, Head of the Laboratory of Arachnology and Other Invertebrates, member of the Academic Council of the Institute, and head of program-targeted funding, has been elected Director General of the RSE “Institute of Zoology” of the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

On June 23, a ceremony for awarding state honors to citizens who made a significant contribution to environmental protection and the implementation of the international project to restore the tiger to its historical range was held in Astana.

A working meeting with Hungarian scientist Dr. Gábor Sramkó, Associate Professor at the Department of Botany of the University of Debrecen, was held at the Institute of Zoology. The researcher is well known in the scientific community for his work in the field of phylogenetics and the evolution of steppe ecosystems.

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.