Enhancing the Resilience of Pastoral Ecosystems and Livelihoods of Nomadic Herders

Conserve and enhance biological diversity and reduce pasture degradation in selected areas of reindeer herding in Russia and Mongolia, while enhancing livelihood resilience and sustainability of nomadic herder communities.

Financial mechanism

GEF

Status

Concept approved

URL

https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/4764

Countries

Russian Federation,

Mongolia

Managing organisations

GRID-Arendal (Norway)

Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism of Mongolia

International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry St Other Executing partners:

Taiga Nature Society (Mongolia)

Institute for Indigenous Peoples of the North of the Herz

Implementing organisations

UNEP

Project ID

4764

GEF project type

Full size

GEF project phase

GEF - 5

GEF Cofinancing

$23.840.790

GEF project grant

$4.695.454

Executing Agencies

- GRID-Arendal (Norway) 
- Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism of Mongolia 
- International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry St Other Executing partners: 
- Taiga Nature Society (Mongolia) 
- Institute for Indigenous Peoples of the North of the Herzen State University 
- Taiga Nature Society (Mongolia) 
- Association of World Reindeer Herders 
- International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (Norway) 
- UArctic EALAT Institute for Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry 
- UArctic EALAT Institute for Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry (Norway) 
- IUCN/WISP