Schools
Student participation and local action
Mother Kura Alliance Program
Protecting the Kura River. Empowering Future Generations.
A national alliance connecting schools, universities, researchers, communities, businesses and government to restore the Kura River ecosystem through education, research and collective action.
76partner schools
1,000+volunteers
3basin countries
76Partner Schools
1,000+Volunteers
2Interactive Map Views
8Monitoring / Reference Points
3Basin Countries
01Shared river, shared future
Research, education and community action in one alliance.
One river. Shared responsibility.
An alliance built around evidence, education and participation.
Mother Kura brings institutions and young people into one practical network: documenting river conditions, connecting schools, supporting field research, improving public access to information and turning environmental concern into organized action.
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Evidence first
Public maps and research resources keep the work grounded.
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Youth powered
Schools and volunteers convert awareness into local action.
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Alliance model
Institutions, researchers and communities work through one shared platform.
The Mother Kura Alliance brings together
A network designed for cross-sector collaboration
Universities
Academic expertise and mentorship
Government
Public institutions and policy context
NGOs
Environmental and community expertise
Communities
Local knowledge and stewardship
Businesses
Resources and responsible partnership
Youth
Leadership and volunteer energy
Scientists
Research, monitoring and validation
Our initiatives
From restoration to research
Seven workstreams connect classroom learning, field action and scientific evidence.
01RESTORATION
Tree Planting & Tugay Forest Restoration
Support riparian habitat restoration and practical stewardship around the basin.
02RESEARCH
Kura River Research Program
Organize reports, field observations and monitoring resources into accessible evidence.
03COMPOSTING
Composting Activities
Teach practical composting through school workshops, organic-waste separation and hands-on soil improvement activities.
04EDUCATION
Climate Education
Turn basin issues into practical learning materials and school-based environmental literacy.
05ACTION
River Clean-up Campaigns
Coordinate local clean-up events with schools, volunteers and community partners.
06YOUTH
SDG Student Ambassadors
Develop student leaders who can communicate, organize and represent environmental priorities.
07AWARENESS
Raising Awareness Campaigns
Run school and community campaigns that make Kura River issues understandable, visible and actionable through events, media and public outreach.
The Kura River connects us
Explore the live basin danger-zones map
This basin view focuses on the Kura River danger zones and monitoring reference points. Use the Leaflet layer controls to switch basemaps, place labels and monitoring layers.
7danger-zone points
1normal reference point
3basin countries
Kura River BasinTürkiye · Georgia · Azerbaijan
Searchable Research Library
Find maps, datasets and future reports in one place
DATA-DRIVEN
The library is data-driven through research-projects.js, so new PDFs, reports and datasets can be added without redesigning the interface.
No research items match those filters.
Try a broader keyword or clear the category filter.
Partner schools
A growing school network across Azerbaijan
Schools are the alliance’s strongest local nodes: connecting student teams, teachers, field observations and community activity to a common river mission.
76partner schools
1,000+volunteers in the wider alliance
EN / AZbilingual public access
Latest updates
What is active now
Current work is centered on the public map, the school network and a structured research pipeline.
Active
Participating-schools map
The Leaflet school map remains the live source for participating-school locations and the Kura River overlay.
Open resource →Published
Danger-zones map
Seven low-water / stress points plus the normal Mingəçevir reference point remain available as the current monitoring view.
Open resource →
Built for expansion
Research library
The homepage now includes real-time search and category filters with data separated from presentation.
Open resource →Project priorities
Next areas to strengthen
- Validate location labels and monitoring evidence with references.
- Publish short research briefs and downloadable datasets.
- Expand structured school participation, composting activities and awareness campaigns.
- Add future PDFs and reports directly to the research data file.
Resources
Direct access to the project’s working public tools
No decorative dead ends: each resource below opens a live map, dataset or section.
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Interactive Maps Hub
Switch between Schools and Danger Zones.
02Schools Map
Participating-school markers with layers and labels.
03Danger Zones Map
Low-water / stress and normal reference points.
04Monitoring Dataset
Download the eight current reference points as CSV.
05Research Library
Search maps, datasets and future reports.
Institutional network
Our Partners
Associated Schools Network (ASPnet)
Ministry of Science and Education
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
SOCAR
ADA University
Azerbaijan Geographical Societyand many more community partners…
Join the alliance
Add your skills to a network of 1,000+ volunteers.
Students, educators, researchers, GIS contributors, designers, community organizers and environmental professionals can all contribute through focused tasks.
Research & dataGIS & mappingSchool outreachTranslation & design
1,000+people already contributing to the alliance network
Contact
Connect with Mother Kura
For school participation, research collaboration, partnership and volunteering, use the project’s existing contact channels.