Foundation for Sustainable Development of Altai (FSDA)

The mission of FSDA is assistance to conservation of mountain environments and development of mountain communities in Altai through FSDA project activities in thematic directions since 2002: i). Protected Areas (PAs) and Indigenous People and Local Communities Conserved Areas (ICCAs), ii). Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation and Indigenous People, iii). Ecotourism in Mountain areas v). Protection of cultural and natural heritage of local/indigenous communities (conservation of sacred sites).  Geographic scopes: Altai Republic of Russia, Central Asia, the whole Altai-Sayan Ecoregion (Russian Altai and Sayan, Kazakstan Altai, Chinese Altai and Mongolian Altai Mountain Areas), the whole Russia.