Our History

Eurasian Wildlife and Peoples launched in February 2024 as a U.S.-based non-profit to protect the interconnected web of life on our planet, reverse wildlife and habitat losses, and support community participation in wildlife conservation across Eurasia

Eurasian Wildlife and Peoples launched in February 2024 as a U.S.-based non-profit to protect the interconnected web of life on our planet, reverse wildlife and habitat losses, and support community participation in wildlife conservation across Eurasia

Though February 2024 marked our official establishment, the seeds of Eurasian Wildlife and Peoples were planted 25 years earlier, arising out of a US-based organization that funded programs and collaborated with conservation and Indigenous partners in Siberia.

Eurasian Wildlife and Peoples is investing in nature conservation and exploring new partnerships in Kazakhstan. Eurasian Wildlife and Peoples is a project of Earth Island Institute, whose fiscal oversight and close collaboration allows our small team to focus on our mission.

In 2022 in Kazakhstan, we joined forces with ornithologists, conservationists, and other experts to study and address threats to raptors, both those present in their nesting grounds and during seasonal migrations. We were thrilled to participate in the “Eagles of the Palearctic: Study and Conservation” conference, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan in September 2023. Working as Eurasian Wildlife and Peoples, we will continue to engage in collaborative efforts and drive actions for protecting biological diversity, especially raptors, in Kazakhstan.