Project
Increasing adaptive capacity of Mongolian livestock herders under a changing climate through rangeland ecosystem monitoring and community-based conservation
Details
Project Code:
REMM
Start Date:
2010/11/01
End Date:
2012
CRSP Phase:
Phase 1
Budget:
$84,000
Countries:
Mongolia
Participants
Lead University:
Colorado State University
Other Partners:
Wildlife Conservation Society, Mongolia;Mongolian Society for Range Management; Eastern Mongolia Community Conservation Association; National University of Mongolia; USDA Agricultural Research Service, Jornada Research Station, NM; Center for Nomadic Pastoralism Studies (CNPS), Mongolia;Institute of Geo-Ecology (IGE), Mongolia (Mongolia)
Principal Investigator(s):
Maria Fernandez-Gimenez
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Robin Reid (Co-Principal Investigator); Melinda Laituri (Co-Principal Investigator); Amanda Fine (Co-Principal Investigator); Bulgamaa Densambuu (Co-Principal Investigator)
Overview
The REMM ream is empowering Mongolian pastoralists to adapt to climate change by creating a system to monitor and manage rangeland health. With pastoralists, they are developing indicators and conducting training in community-based adaptive ecosystem management.
Objectives
1. Develop and pilot test holistic rangeland ecosystem monitoring indicators 2. Train herders, conservation practitioners, government agency staff, and researchers in current formal rangeland assessment and monitoring approaches 3. Develop an integrated monitoring plan and database framework
Outcomes
Coming soon