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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
Map of China and Gansu
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