Protecting Mongolia’s Gobi Desert for wild camels and herder communities
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £497,046
WHERE Mongolia
Summary
The Great Gobi ‘A’ Strictly Protected Area encompasses 44,630km2 of globally significant desert and is home to the last population of Critically Endangered wild camel. Herders here face socio-ecological issues, including overgrazing; rangeland degradation and waterhole loss, exacerbated by climate change. Government and communities lack mechanisms and resources to collaboratively tackle these threats. This project seeks to institutionalise robust evidence-based environmental management, implement scalable waterhole habitat management, strengthen collaborative governance, enable community-led awareness-raising, improve sustainable rangeland management and herder livelihoods.
United Nations Development Programme, Mongolia Representative Office, CMS - National Authority for Convention of Migratory Species, CMC - Collaborative Management Council, National University of Mongolia
