Research Topics

• political ecology
• high mountain research
• natural resource use and management
• geographical development studies and transition studies

Research Projetcs

• 2009-2012. Transboundary project “Sustainable Land Management in the High Pamir and Pamir-Alai Mountains” GEF/UNEP/UNU.
• 2008 – 2014. Research project “Kaiberen” on wildlife migration route study by using satellite collars in the Sarychat-Ertash state nature preserve in the frame of state program on argali and ibex research.
• 2005 – 2008. “Environmental risk assessment from the landfills in the seismic active regions of Central Asia (NISMIST)”, EU funded INCO FP6 Program.
• 2004. “Emergency Preparedness for and Response to Environmental Security Risks in the Central Asian Region" in cooperation with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (ОSCЕ) Office in Bishkek.

Work Experience

• 2006 – 2014. National Center for Mountain Regions Development of the Kyrgyz Republic

• 2005 – 2006. State Agency on Environment and Forestry Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, Centre for Mountain Regions Development

Publications

• Anarbaev M. (2018): “Soil Legislation and Policy in the Kyrgyz Republic on the Development of the Law “On Soil Fertility Protection of Agricultural Lands”. In: H. Ginzky et al. (eds.), International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2017, Springer International Publishing AG 2018
• Davletbakov, A., Rosen, T., Anarbaev, M., Kubanychbekov, Z., Jumabai Uulu, K., Samanchina, J. and Sharma, K. (2016): Kyrgyzstan. pp 419-425, pp 293-300, pp 543-559 In: McCarthy, T.M. and Mallon, D.P. (Eds.), Snow Leopards. Elsevier, New York.
• Maikhuri R.K., Rao K.S., Anarbaev M., Safaralikhonov A., Saxena K.G. and Liang L. (2015): “Farming and Environmental Conservation in Asian Cold Deserts: A Review”. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 41 (3-4): pp 217-241.
• Arase, T., Izumiyama, S., Anarbaev, M. and A. Vereschagin (2014, February): “Alpine steppe vegetation patterns in the Koyondu Valley, Kyrgyz Republic”, Geographical Studies , 88(2), pp. 60-69.Arase, T., Izumiyama, S., Anarbaev,M., and A. Vereshagin (2013, April): “Alpine steppe vegetation patterns in the Koyondu Valley, Kyrgyz Republic”, Geographical Studies, 88(2), pp. 51-59.
• Watanabe, T., Anarbaev, M., Liu, Y., Sawagaki, T., Izumiyama, S., Miyahara, I., and T. Komatsu (2013, April): “Place names as an Ecotourism Resource for the Alai Valley of the Kyrgyz Pamir”, Geographical Studies, 88(2), pp. 102-116.
• Arase, T., Izumiyama, S., Anarbaev, M. and A. Vereschagin (2012, March): “Survey of alpine vegetation near the forest line in the Ertash Valley of the Sarychat-Ertash State Reserve in the northern Tien-Shan Mountains, Kyrgyz Republic, Shinshu University Faculty of Agriculture AFC report (信州大学農学部AFC報告), 10, pp. 145-151.
• Watanabe, T., Anarbaev, M. and S. Izumiyama (2010): “Wolf depredation on livestock in the Pamir”, Geographical Studies, No.85, pp.26-36.
• Anarbaev, M. and T. Watanabe (2009): “Tourism in the Pamir-Alai Mountains, southern Kyrgyz Republic”. Chiri (Geography), 55 (1): pp. 56-59. (in Japanese).
• Izumiyama, S., Anarbaev, M. and T. Watanabe (2009): “Inhabitation of larger mammals in the Alai Valley of the Kyrgyz Republic”, Geographical Studies, 84, pp. 14-21.
• Watanabe, T., Anarbaev, M., Ochiai, Y., Izumiyama, S. and L. Gaunavinaka (2009): “Tourism in the Pamir-Alai Mountains, southern Kyrgyz Republic”, Geographical Studies, 84, pp. 3-13.
• Doanh, T., Hareb, H., Hans, S., Boutin, C., Anarbaev, M. and W. Wu (2008): “Ambient Noise Site Investigation of a Representative MSW Landfill in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan”. GeoCongress, pp. 253-260.
• Watanabe, T., Anarbaev, M., and S. Iwata (2008): “Protected areas and tourism development in the Kyrgyz Republic”, Geographical Studies, 83: pp. 29-39. (in Japanese).
• Suiunbaev, M. and M. Anarbaev (2004): “The development potential of regions of Kyrgyzstan”, Bishkek, Menchik, 13.