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Nomadic Herders Project
Now in its second year, the community-based Nomad-
ic Herders Project forms a part of the Climate Change
portfolio of UNEP’s Programme of Work. With a focus
on taiga reindeer and yak herding in Mongolia, the pro-
ject is designed to develop and implement improved
assessment approaches to study the effects of land-
use change and climate change on reindeer and yak
herders, with the objective of determining the most
appropriate adaptation strategies in collaboration with
the local communities.
• In June 2011, GRID-Arendal and its partners organ-
ised a community-based workshop and field visit in
Tsagaannuur, the primary reindeer-herding district in
northern Mongolia. The consultations provided criti-
cal input for a policy paper on reindeer husbandry in
Mongolia commissioned by the Mongolian Ministry
of Nature, Environment and Tourism.
Lawrence Hislop, www.grida.no/photolib