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A local approach to mitigation of climatic and environmental change

Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology (NORDECO)

• Management and consulting company • Research and development • Natural and social scientists • Offices in Norway and Denmark• Project experiences from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe

NORDECO work for

• National and International funding agencies, including:• World Bank • Global Environment Facility (GEF)• Inter American Development Bank (IDB) • European Union (EU) • United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

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NORDECO’s approach to climate and environmental change

• Inter-disciplinary thinking

• Participatory approaches

• Working with stakeholders at all levels

• Society, culture and the environment as an integrated whole

Focusing on

• Capacity Development

• Locally-Based Monitoring

• Environmental Awareness Raising

• Private sector and the Environment

• Studies, Research and Programme Development

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The Grassland and Sustainable Pastoralism Programme

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Lanzhou

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Environmental context

Gansu province

• Grassland degradation

• Socio-economic cost

• Environmental consequences

Causes of land degradation

• Desertification

• Overgrazing

• Unsustainable farming practices

• Increased demands for meat and dairy products

National and global impacts

• Biodiversity

• Climate change mitigation

• Rural livelihoods

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The Grassland and Sustainable Pastoralism Programme (GSPP)

• A three year development programme

• Capacity development activities

• Sustainable rangeland management

The GSPP is a joint effort between Chinese and Norwegian institutions

• Governmental institutions

• Research institutions

• Civil society

• Private companies

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GSPP Partners and competencies

Academic and working experiences • Climatic change• Environment• Biodiversity and Ecosystems • Socio-economic processes

• Applied research • Monitoring • Participatory development • Programme management • International cooperation

Key institutions• Gansu Agricultural University • Beijing Development Institute • College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering• Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science• The Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute• Norwegian Forestry Group• Norwegian Institute for Nature Research• UNIFOB-Global, University of Bergen• The Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology

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GSPP Beneficiaries

The programme will have Beneficiaries at different scales

• Maqu and Sunnan counties

• Focus townships

• Village level

• Households

• Officials at provincial and county level

• GAU researchers and students

GSPP concerns

• Environment locally

• Global environmental benefits

- Biodiversity restoration

- Climate change mitigation

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GSPP Outputs

Concerns: Pastoral development, Land degradation, Land cover change, Biodiversity, Climate change, Land productivity, Livestock production, Capital market distortion

Main outputs

• GIS in natural resource monitoring and rangeland management

• Environmental monitoring and gradient analysis

• Community based monitoring, rangeland monitoring and decision making

• Improved animal husbandry and pastoral livelihood

• Communication and multiplication of successful programme interventions