Programme Cooperation Agreement 2012 – 2013

World Environment Day seminar in Mongolia, June 2013.

Development Working Group, which aims to train rein- deer herding youth in carrying out environmental impact assessments. The Nomadic Herders’ project has also been endorsed by the Arctic Council’s Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Working Group (CAFF), an impor- tant indicator of demand, and recognition of the project’s contribution to promoting best practise in sustainable reindeer husbandry across the Arctic and sub-Arctic. The Nomadic Herders’ project is one of the few projects run by Observers (GRID-Arendal and the Association of World Reindeer Herders) that is endorsed by the Arctic Council.

Since its endorsement in 2012, the project has delivered regular progress reports to the CAFF Board and presented updates at various meetings. 63 In 2013, a new dedicated portal for reindeer herding was launched. 64 The portal features the nomadic herders pro- ject and is regularly updated with project news in Mon- golia, Russia and Norway. Whilst the portal has served as a useful outreach tool for the project, no information has been published in the Mongolian language to date. However, now that the website infrastructure is in place, new articles are expected to be published in Mongolian in 2014. A short film on the project has been developed for the site and is also available on Youtube. 65 Possibilities for broadening the Nomadic Herders pro- ject to China were explored during the 5 th World Rein- deer Herders’ Congress, when the Mongolian reindeer herding delegation (funded from the project) were able to network with their Chinese counterparts. However, based on the urgent needs within Mongolia, and guid- ance by the GEF Secretariat and others to keep project activities geographically focused, it was decided to re- main focused on Mongolia and the Russian Far East only.

Mongolian version of Taiga report

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63. http://www.grida.no/polar/news/5413.aspx?p=2 64. www.reindeerherding.org

МОНГОЛЫН ЦААТНУУДАД ТУЛГАРЧ БУЙ АСУУДЛУУД ӨӨРЧЛӨГДӨН БУЙ ТАЙГА

65. http://reindeerherding.org/blog/updated-version-of-nomadic- herders-intro-video-now-online/, and at http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=PHBQa-FhvUE

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