Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Journey across Kazakhstan with the Silk Road Caravan and discover how sustainable land management connects ancient traditions, scientific knowledge, digital technology, and local leadership.
In Central Asia, over 20 percent of the total land area is degraded, affecting roughly 80 million hectares. Across Kazakhstan, the land is approached as both an inheritance and a working system. From protecting mountain landscapes and wild tulips to embracing camel pastoralism and advanced digital land-monitoring systems, Kazakhstan demonstrates that caring for the land is an everyday practice.
Join us as we explore how institutions like RSE "GIPROZem" use soil surveys, digital land passports, and artificial intelligence alongside traditional pastoralist knowledge to keep the steppe productive and resilient on the road to UNCCD COP17.
In this video:
0:00 – The Silk Road Caravan arrives in Kazakhstan
1:45 – The scale of the steppe: Addressing land degradation
3:30 – Digital info-hubs: AI, drones and soil mapping at GIPROZem
5:15 – Ancient pastoralism and protecting the wild tulips
7:00 – Empowering the next generation of land stewards
🔗 Read the full story: silkroadcaravan.org/stories/beneath-rainbow-how-kazakhstan-makes-land-stewardship-work
Learn more about UNCCD COP17 and the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026.
#SilkRoadCaravan #Kazakhstan #LandStewardship #UNCCD #COP17 #Sustainability #Pastoralism #ClimateAction #CentralAsia #Rangelands
Journey across Kazakhstan with the Silk Road Caravan and discover how sustainable land management connects ancient traditions, scientific knowledge, digital technology, and local leadership.
In Central Asia, over 20 percent of the total land area is degraded, affecting roughly 80 million hectares. Across Kazakhstan, the land is approached as both an inheritance and a working system. From protecting mountain landscapes and wild tulips to embracing camel pastoralism and advanced digital land-monitoring systems, Kazakhstan demonstrates that caring for the land is an everyday practice.
Join us as we explore how institutions like RSE "GIPROZem" use soil surveys, digital land passports, and artificial intelligence alongside traditional pastoralist knowledge to keep the steppe productive and resilient on the road to UNCCD COP17.
In this video:
0:00 – The Silk Road Caravan arrives in Kazakhstan
1:45 – The scale of the steppe: Addressing land degradation
3:30 – Digital info-hubs: AI, drones and soil mapping at GIPROZem
5:15 – Ancient pastoralism and protecting the wild tulips
7:00 – Empowering the next generation of land stewards
🔗 Read the full story: silkroadcaravan.org/stories/beneath-rainbow-how-kazakhstan-makes-land-stewardship-work
Learn more about UNCCD COP17 and the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026.
#SilkRoadCaravan #Kazakhstan #LandStewardship #UNCCD #COP17 #Sustainability #Pastoralism #ClimateAction #CentralAsia #Rangelands
