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Climate Resilient Pasture and Livestock Management in Zhangeldy Village
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
UNDP, Zhuldyz - ZhankelSummary:
Zhangely is a typical village in the South Kazakhstan Oblast, the most densely populated in the country. Climate is extremely continental and dry, with long winters and hot summers. During the Soviet era, the village specialized in cotton production, though now the village is reliant on cattle production on soils degraded from years of monocrop agricultural production. Long-term climate change projections for Kazakhstan and Central Asia include increasing temperatures, especially in winter, as well as increasing levels of evapotranspiration in summer.
Project Components:
The UNDP CBA project will pilot a new pasture management systems designed to be sustainable in the face of climate change, including pasture demarcation and rotation, and introduction of better-adapted cattle breeds. The project will also conduct assessments to determine sustainable pasture management strategies incorporating climate change factors, and build the capacity of community and local government to carry out the new practices.
Expected Outputs:
The outputs include: 1.) Division of community pastures into fenced zones and prepared for grazing rotation; 2.) Development of waterpoints and associated facilities for enclosed pastures (electricity, shelters); 3.) Determination of environmentally permissible loads for the enclosed pasture in line with the climate change projections; 4.) Piloting the new grazing strategy with the local community; 5.) Reduction of vulnerability of the local members to the climate change risks by replacing the low-productivity cattle by area-specific high-productivity breeds; 6.) Development of local communities' capacity of integrating climate-related risks into pasture management through education and training; 7.) Publication of a booklet; and 8.) dissemination of project experiences in the region for replication by other communities.
Contacts:
Mr. Charles Nyandiga, Global Project Coordinator UNDP Environmental and Energy Group (646) 781 4390 Charles.Nyandiga@undp.org
Ms. Anna Lisa Jose, CBA Programme Associate, UNDP Environmental and Energy Group (646) 781 4402 annalisa.jose@undpaffiliates.org
Ms. Katerina Yushenko,National Coordinator UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme +7 3272 582646 / 582643 Katerina.Yushenko@undp.org
Mr. Nick Remple, Senior Technical Advisor, UNDP Environmental and Energy Group,
Project Status:
Completed on September 2011Primary Beneficiaries:
Local communities of Zhangeldy Village
Climate Change and Children
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2011-07-08 06:06Year:
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Climate Change and Children examines the effects of climate change on children – and examines how climate change has evolved from an ‘environmental’ issue into one that requires collective expertise in sustainable development, energy security, and the health and well-being of children.
Nigeria: UN Agency Says Combating Desertification is a Must
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Executive Secretary, UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Mr. Luc Gnacadja, said it is imperative for all nations in the world to intensify efforts in combating desertification.
ALM Case Study 2010 - Coping with Drought and Climate Change in Ethiopia
Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2011-02-21 08:16
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Vulnerability analyses for Ethiopia suggest that environmental changes over the coming decades present a serious threat to economic and social sectors. Water is a specifically fragile resource with the frequency and intensity of drought projected to increase. Addressing long-term climate change is thus required to reduce the impacts on livelihoods and bolster major economic sectors such as agriculture, which is the mainstay of the country. In response, and as part of a set of three other Coping with Drought and Climate Change projects in Kenya, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, this project is working to improve the livelihood strategies and resilience of farmers. Through enhanced farming practices and improvement of community-based natural resource management, rural communities are adapting to water scarcity and drought. This project is also establishing the use of early warning systems to bolster resilience in the agricultural sector.
Adaptation Experience:
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Key lessons learned:
- Introduced early maturing and high yielding new varieties of Teff, Rice, Sorghum and Chickpea as good coping mechanisms for climate change and drought compared to local varieties. The introduced drought resistant and early maturing Chickpea and Teff varieties have received farmers’ appreciation due to the demonstrated high productivity early maturity/fast growing, its tolerance to water logging and canopy/tiller formation. Participant farmers have got good lessons from each crops compare to their local varieties.
- Inter and intra (outside and inside the project pilot sites) experience sharing visits of community members on best practices are a means to knowledge sharing especially on homestead agricultural practices, water management ( geomembrane utilization techniques), high yielding and early mature crop varieties and gully crossing for irrigation, marketing approaches and spring developments.
- Farmers access to safe and dependable water as a result of the spring development. This activity benefits especially women by saving time to fetch water at least 40 mints to one hour to their homes. Furthermore, women were forced to dig sand to get water in the Borkena River. Women were also gone to river to fetch water in the night starting from 3 am by struggling with Hayna’s. As a result of the spring development and the possibility of saving time, women can cook their family meal on time early in the morning and the husbands are able go to their farm activities on time. The health of the community members are also becomes improved.
- The forage and tree plants and gully rehabilitation by gabions and sacks on the selected watershed have good performance. Pigeon pea, Acacia Policanta, Jatrofa, Sasibania and lablab are found on the selected watershed on a good performance on hill side tracing and eyebrow basin.
- The adoption trail on NERICA (rice variety) has found in a good stand and farmers appreciated the rice plant performance, water logging tolerance and early maturity. Especially farmers who have water logged lands are interested on this crop for the future agricultural season because any lands that are waterlogged were not suitable to any crop.
- Increasing irrigable lands by gully crossings, ponds and wing pumps/drips are a means to adapt climate change and drought by increasing productivity and income of vulnerable farmers and farmers appreciated it
- Sheep, goat, honey bee and forage productions are also a means to adapt climate change and drought by increasing productivity and diversified income sources of vulnerable farmers
- A regular and systematic data collection, analysis, feedback, dissemination modality at woreda and site level between office of Agriculture, Metrology and communities/DA’s are a good means to strengthen early warning information communication and decision (drought and climate change) at all levels to increase agricultural production systems.
Sustainability:
To be determined.
Replication:
To be determined.
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Strengthening Capability of Risk Management of the Animal Husbandry Sector and Promoting Sustainable Development in the Grazing Area of Qinghai Province
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**Qinghai is one of the five largest pastoral regions in China with extensive rangeland resources and a long history of pastoral livelihoods. Livestock production plays a central role in the economy of the province, especially for minority ethnic groups. However, harsh natural conditions and environment limit rangeland productivity. The alpine pastoral ecosystem is now in a fragile condition. Poverty and environmental deterioration are pronounced, and natural disasters (such as severe snow disaster and spring drought) are frequent.
Expected Outputs:
* To develop a comprehensive pastoral risk management strategy, including annual risk management contingency plans for two counties in Qinghai Province as pilot areas for further replication;
* To develop and field test in selected villages together with herders innovative risk management techniques and improved livestock production options to improve rational utilization of the family-based ranches so as to reduce losses when disasters occur.
Contacts:
Stephan Baas (FAO)
Project Status:
ClosedPrimary Beneficiaries:
Pastoral Herders
Connecting Environmental Changes, Impacts and Responses in the Mekong Delta to Human Wellbeing and Ecosystem Integrity
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United Nations UniversitySummary:
Successful adaptation to climate change, environmental change and its associated, interlinked impacts on human health and ecosystem integrity is vital for the well-being of the large populations of people inhabiting Asia’s mega-deltas. The United Nations University has identified the Mekong Delta as a region highly suited for the propagation of meaningful and responsive adaptation efforts. The project area is focused on the Delta region of the Mekong, shared by Cambodia and Vietnam, while also closely linked to activities and pressures on the of the entire basin.
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This United Nations University (UNU) multi-partner initiative will undertake a trans-disciplinary analysis of threats to human health and well-being and ecosystem integrity caused by climate change and responding large-scale changes in the Mekong Delta. Assessment tools will be developed to evaluate the chain of events from environmental change to impacts on human well-being and ecosystem health.
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United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment & Health (UNU-INWEH) 175 Longwood Road South, Suite 204, Hamilton Ontario L8P 0A1 CANADA Phone: 1-905-667-5511 Fax: 1-905-667-5510 E-mail: contact@inweh.unu.edu
Project Status:
Under implementation
The rain doesn’t come on time anymore poverty, vulnerability, and climate variability in Ethiopia
Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2010-06-21 21:07Year:
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This paper is part of a series of research reports written to inform the public debate on development and humanitarian policy issues.
In 2009, Oxfam commissioned research on climate variability in four woredas, or administrative areas, in Ethiopia.
UNFCCC Launches Fellowship Programme
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Climate-L.org
The UN Climate Change Secretariat has announced the launch of its fellowship programme, which aims to contribute to building capacity for addressing climate change in parties not included in Annex I to the Convention, in particular parties that are small island developing States or Least Developed Countries. The deadline for submitting applications is 31 August 2008. For more details click here.
Source: http://climate-l.org/2008/07/14/unfccc-launches-fellowship-programme/, accessed on 10 June 2010.
Comment: Loss of biodiversity would be an existential threat to the Maldives
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Minivan News Independent News for the Maldives
Andrew Cox
On World Environment Day, we remember the fundamental connection that all species on this planet have with each other.
At a time of rapid change in our climate, and as we think about how to address these changes, it is important to remember that all species of flora and fauna are connected with each other.
Indian foreign policy combines commitment to national values with dynamic adaptation to international environment
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OneIndia
The United Progressive Alliance Government on Tuesday stated that India's foreign policy has combined firm commitment to country's core national values with dynamic adaptation to changes in the international environment.
Mentioning about Govt.'s initiatives for Overseas Indians undertaken in the last one year, the executive summary of the UPA-II's "Report to the People" stated:
"The UPA government, in its second term, pursues its foreign policy objectives wh
