GRID-Arendal Annual Report 2011

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Nomadic Herders Project Now in its second year, the community-based Nomad- ic Herders Project forms a part of the Climate Change portfolio of UNEP’s Programme of Work. With a focus on taiga reindeer and yak herding in Mongolia, the pro- ject is designed to develop and implement improved assessment approaches to study the effects of land- use change and climate change on reindeer and yak herders, with the objective of determining the most appropriate adaptation strategies in collaboration with the local communities. • In June 2011, GRID-Arendal and its partners organ- ised a community-based workshop and field visit in Tsagaannuur, the primary reindeer-herding district in northern Mongolia. The consultations provided criti- cal input for a policy paper on reindeer husbandry in Mongolia commissioned by the Mongolian Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism.

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