August 2020
Flora Conservation Photo Exhibition
Project results shared with government, partners and local communities through a three-day photo exhibition at Kulob Botanic Garden — covered by three national TV channels.
Public Organisation · Est. 2008
Guarding the wild
flora of Tajikistan
Ganji Tabiat works with rural communities in the Khatlon region to protect rare and endangered plant species — through domestication, research, awareness and hands-on conservation on the ground.
2008
Founded in Kulob to protect Tajikistan's native flora
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Core thematic programme areas, from research to schools
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Wild edible & medicinal species in active domestication
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International partners supporting our conservation work
Est. 2008
Kulob, Khatlon Region
Who we are
A biodiversity of Tajikistan can't recover on its own.
Public Organisation "Ganji Tabiat" is a non-governmental organisation that believes protecting biodiversity is crucial to maintaining balance in our ecosystems. It was established in February 2008 to help protect and conserve the wild flora of Tajikistan.
We focus our efforts on the local biodiversity of Tajikistan, including rare and endangered plant species — because losing them has consequences for wildlife and people alike that we believe are entirely avoidable.
"Our mission is to protect and conserve the native biodiversity of Tajikistan."
Our objectives
What we're working toward
Five commitments guide every project we run, from village household plots to national policy conversations.
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Community knowledge
Improving living standards through ecological, legal, social, economic, cultural and medical knowledge-sharing.
02
Scientific research
Contributing to the development of scientific research into Tajikistan's wild plant species.
03
Landscape planning
Design and landscape planning that prioritises nature and biodiversity, and prevents atmospheric pollution.
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Heritage sites
Maintaining and restoring ecologically important, historic and cultural heritage sites.
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Government consultation
Advising local government projects on resolving ecological and biological problems.
Thematic areas
Four ways we protect Tajikistan's flora
PO "Ganji Tabiat" runs its activities across four connected thematic areas — from botanic-garden science to the schoolyard.
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Conservation of biodiversity
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
Featured project
Domestication of wild edible & medicinal plants
📍 Dashtijum & Childukhtaron Jamoats, Khatlon Region
Between 2019 and 2020, our team collected seed from six wild species under conservation pressure, propagated them at Kulob Botanic Garden, and worked with farming households across Sh. Shohin and Muminobod districts to sow them directly in home plots — giving over 50 farmers, nearly half of them women, a stake in protecting the wild populations these plants came from.
Species in the programme
Allium stipitatum
Allium giganteum
Bunium persicum
Ferula violacea
Rheum maximoviczii
Galagania fragrantissima
Field notes
Latest news & activities
Updates from the pilot plots, the botanic garden, and the villages where our work happens.
April 2020
Days of Open Doors
Marking Earth Day with Kulob Botanic Garden, schoolchildren and university biology students toured the demonstration plots of rare and endangered wild plants.
2019–2020
Awareness Raising Activities
A Tajik-language brochure on edible and medicinal wild plants was written and distributed to training participants and local households.
Nov 2019
Training: Edible Wild Plants of Tajikistan
51 farmers across Dashtijum and Muminobod districts — 20 of them women — learned the economic, nutritional and medicinal value of wild plants, and how to grow them at home.
Oct–Nov 2019
Domestication of Wild Edible Plants
Beneficiary households in Dashtijum and Childukhtaron Jamoats sowed six selected wild species directly in their own plots for the first time.
Aug 2019
Phenological Study
Seed collection begins: six wild species gathered and sown at Kulob Botanic Garden to study how they grow under cultivated conditions.
Our partners
Backed by international conservation funders
Our work has been made possible thanks to the trust and support of the following organisations.
Get involved
Tajikistan's wild plants need people who won't look away.
Whether you're a researcher, a funder, or simply someone who cares about the mountains of Khatlon — there's a way to help Ganji Tabiat keep this work going.
Contact
Let's talk conservation
Reach our team directly, or send a message and we'll get back to you.
Head Office
Public Organisation "Ganji Tabiat"📍 Gulbogh 1 street, Kulob town, Khatlon region, Republic of Tajikistan