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Acknowledgements
Many scientists have contributed, supported and provided the basis for this book.
The authors sincerely thank Friday U. Ochege, Gulkaiyr Omurakunova, Merim
Pamirbek kyzy and Talant Asankulov.
We are also very grateful to all our colleagues at Institute of Geology, National
Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, in particular Kadyrbek Sakiev,
Salamat Alamanov, Aizek Bakirov and Salamat Abdyzhapar uulu. At Xinjiang
Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in particular
Jilili Abuduwaili, Bao Anming, Chen Yaning, Liu Tie and Li Yaoming.
Thanks to all our colleagues at the Research Center for Ecology and Environment
of Central Asia (Bishkek).
The authors thank the aforementioned contributors, colleagues, friends and wellwishers for their support and engagement.
The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the WorldClim data
portal, Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Snow and Ice Data
Center (NSIDC) for providing climate and remote sensing data.
This research was funded and supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences
President’s International Fellowship Initiative (2020PC0090) and the Foundation
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology
and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences; the Pan – Third Pole Environment
Study for a Green Silk Road (Grant No. XDA20060303); the International
Cooperation Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant
No. 41761144079); and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese
Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDA20060301).
Acknowledgements
Many scientists have contributed, supported and provided the basis for this book.
The authors sincerely thank Friday U. Ochege, Gulkaiyr Omurakunova, Merim
Pamirbek kyzy and Talant Asankulov.
We are also very grateful to all our colleagues at Institute of Geology, National
Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, in particular Kadyrbek Sakiev,
Salamat Alamanov, Aizek Bakirov and Salamat Abdyzhapar uulu. At Xinjiang
Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in particular
Jilili Abuduwaili, Bao Anming, Chen Yaning, Liu Tie and Li Yaoming.
Thanks to all our colleagues at the Research Center for Ecology and Environment
of Central Asia (Bishkek).
The authors thank the aforementioned contributors, colleagues, friends and wellwishers for their support and engagement.
The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the WorldClim data
portal, Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Snow and Ice Data
Center (NSIDC) for providing climate and remote sensing data.
This research was funded and supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences
President’s International Fellowship Initiative (2020PC0090) and the Foundation
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology
and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences; the Pan – Third Pole Environment
Study for a Green Silk Road (Grant No. XDA20060303); the International
Cooperation Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant
No. 41761144079); and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese
Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDA20060301).