A Transboundary Strategy and Action Plan for SLM in the Pamir-Alai Region. Presented by Svetlana Jumaeva at the "Perth II: Global Change and the World's Mountains" conference in Perth, Scotland in September 2010.

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A Transboundary Strategy and Action Plan
for SLM in the Pamir-Alai Region
International Conference ‘Global Change and the World's
Mountains’ Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010
Bettina Wolfgramm, Svetlana Jumaeva, Jyldyz Shigaeva
and the PALM team

2. ‘Global Change and the World's Mountains’ Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010
Content
• Background
• PALM project overview (UNU)
• PALM Component 1.1: Pamir-Alai
Transboundary Strategy and Action Plan (CDE)
• Methods
• Results
• Outlook

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Background
Two major changes affecting the region:
• changes in natural resource management
since independence of the Republics of
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in 1991
• the on-going climate change

4. ‘Global Change and the World's Mountains’ Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010
Sustainable Land Management in the High Pamir and Pamir-Alai Mountains -
integrated transboundary initiative of the Governments of Tajikistan and
Kyrgyzstan
Local Executing Agencies - CoEP in TJ and NCMRD in KG
with financial support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and other
donors.
UNEP is the GEF Implementing Agency for the project, and
the UNU is the International Executing Agency.

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Pamir-Alai Land Management (PALM)
http://www.ehs.unu.edu/palm/
“Sustainable Land Management in the High
Pamir and Pamir-Alai Mountains”
Goal:
• to restore, sustain, and enhance, the
productive and protective functions of the
Pamir-Alai Mountains,
so as to improve the social and economic
well-being of the rural communities and
households,
while preserving its unique landscape and
globally important biodiversity.

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Pamir Alai - Unique bio and cultural diversity
Photo Surat Toimastov
www.pamirs.org
Photo Nick Leonard
Photo Svetlana Jumaeva Photo Stefan Michel www.pamirs.org Photo © Claus Qvist Jessen, www.cqj.dk

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PALM components
1.1: Pamir-Alai Transboundary Strategy and Action Plan (PATSAP)
1.2: Framework for Improved Legal and Regulatory Environment
1.3: Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Mainstreaming
5 Project Management
2.1 3.1 2.2
Enhanced Community-based Enhanced
Capacities of Land Use Planning Capacities for
Advisory 3.2 Adaptive
Service Community-based SLM Research
Providers implementation
4.1 SLM Impact Assessment
4.2 Generic guidelines for project up-scaling

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http://www.ehs.unu.edu/palm/

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PALM project area Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Alai
Uzbekistan
China
Tajikistan
Pamir
Afghanistan ! Pilot Sites
.

10. ‘Global Change and the World's Mountains’ Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010
Content
• Background
• PALM project overview (UNU)
• PALM Component 1.1: Pamir-Alai
Transboundary Strategy and Action Plan (CDE)
• Methods
• Results
• Outlook

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Methods
• Sustainable development appraisal (SDA) in
7 work steps
• An interactive process
• The multi-level stakeholder forums

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Sustainable development appraisal, Giger et al. 2003
Work steps Implementation by PALM
1. Preparation Literature review
Clarification of needs / scales / etc.
Specific approaches and methods
to be used (MEA, WOCAT, GIS)
2. Preliminary regional study Expert team initial workshop
(strategic issues, spatial
units, actor categories)
3. In-depth local study PALM Component 3
4. Local development profiles
5. In-depth regional studies Field work, interviews, statistics:
SWOT analysis, baseline reports
6. Transdisciplinary synthesis Multi-level stakeholder forums
7. Integration Team workshops
Strategy experts
Consultation process including two
feedback forums

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An interactive process
National multi-level Expert team
stakeholder fourms strategy
(Khorog, Osh) workshop
Strategy expert
Internal & team: draft
National strategy
Expert team: external
feedback
field work review
forums
(Khorog, October 2010
Expert team Bishkek) Strategy experts Regional
initial and international multi-level
workshop: experts: final stakeholder
planning strategy forum
Strategy (Jirgitol)
expert team: Expert team
June
final draft wrap-up
2009
strategy workshop

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Multi-level stakeholder forums
• Visions according to stakeholder levels
• Priorities according to specific ecosystems
within the region
(Alai, East & West Pamir, Jirgitol)
• Identification of transboundary issues
• Develop ideas for action plans at district,
national and regional level
• Analyze institutions and resources required
for the implementation of action plans

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Analysis of the participatory process
during the multi-level stakeholder forums
Gian Autenrieth, MSc thesis Uni Zurich
• expectation towards the forum
• skepticism towards the forum and it’s outcome
• precognition about such a forum
• satisfaction of expectations towards the forum
and it’s outcome
• view on power relations among the
forum’s participants
• success in raising their primary
concern in the debate

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Results and Outputs
Main transboundary issues
identified
Photo Stefan Michel
• Biodiversity
• Pasture use and management
• Improvement of the legal framework
• Development of economic relations
• Tourism
www.pamirs.org

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Outputs
• Baseline reports (Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan)
• Summary baseline report
• The Transboundary Strategy drafted
• 3 Action Plans drafted
• Forest and Biodiversity
• Pasture management
• High value crop production and SLM
• MSc thesis analysing the participatory processes
Documents to be found on
http://www.ehs.unu.edu/palm/

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Challenges
1. Identifying the appropriate addressees
of the Pamir-Alai Transboundary
Strategy and Action Plan for SLM
2. Planning for the implementation of the
Strategy and Action Plan

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Challenges during the elaboration process
• Different working modes of expert teams
from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
• Finding a common language between
stakeholders from different levels
• Negotiations between Kyrgyz and Tajik
interests and perspectives were required
most at the district and national levels and
not at the local level.

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Lessons learnt
• Identification of responsible institutions for
implementation of the strategy at the
beginning of the project
• Application of new approaches requires
appropriate time and resources (WOCAT, MEA
etc)
• Consideration of the specifics of Project area
(length) while planning field work (Kyrgyz and
Tajik team)

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Next steps
• Study tour fo Switzerland and donor
meetings
• Final presentations
• Round tables
• Policy briefs

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THANK YOU!
PALM Project and the United Nations University
(UNU), PALM International Executing Agency
http://www.ehs.unu.edu/palm/