The formation of ecological consciousness is not the sole province of environmental education. Ecological consciousness is part of general culture.

Ecological consciousness is a person's understanding of the surrounding natural world, of the basic patterns of interaction with it, and of ways to improve that interaction.

We share the Chui Valley with Kazakhstan, where the river flows onward to disappear into the sands of the Moyunkum Desert. The upper part of the basin lies in the Inner Tian Shan. The Chu River itself begins at the confluence of the Karakudzhur River, which collects water from the syrts south of Lake Issyk-Kul

The nut-fruit forests of southern Kyrgyzstan and their wildlife, as a unique creation of nature, have attracted the attention of many scholars.

Our knowledge can be compared to a search for a path toward an unclear goal, which becomes marked only after one has chosen the right direction, and takes final shape only once one has found the right way, the right means of achieving it.

For the Kyrgyz, the most blessed and bountiful time and place have long been summer and jailoo — the high-mountain pastures to which they drove their herds.

There are several important methodological premises on which it is advisable to rely when discussing questions of forecasting.

Democracy is the power that currently exists, plus a press in solidarity with it.
'Democrat' has a proud ring to it. Not every commoner is granted the honor of bearing such a title. Better that only one bear it — and serve as an example for the rest.
Becoming a true democrat is so difficult that, as a rule, only one person in the country manages to do it.

The Kyrgyz have long understood that as long as there is unity, misfortune does not strike. That is why they always migrated together, poor and rich alike. 'Together, one is fed; apart, one is beaten' — such is the meaning of the well-known saying: 'Karysh azhyragan karagancha körüshpöyt.'

The list of species of the family Pompilidae of the local fauna given below is based on material collected by the author within the reserve in 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2001 (this material is presented without indicating the collector's name).

When we read newspapers, watch television news, or listen to the speeches of statesmen, we become convinced that all our problems can be solved while completely ignoring the living natural world.

The fundamental flaw of the new states in the post-Soviet space is that, having declared themselves successors to the previous states, they appropriated not only material assets but also took upon themselves all the filth, baseness, and crimes associated with plunder, the seizure of others' property, and humiliation...