http://www.fao.org/pastoralist-knowledge-hub/pastoralist-networks/regional-networks/central-asia/en/ Umed Vahobov from the Tajik Pasture Management Networking Platform presented the objective and activities of the regional programme for sustainable use of natural resources in Central Asia. This presentation was given at the Central Asian meeting of pastoralists that took place from 25-29 July 2015 in the Hustai National Park, Mongolia. ©FAO: www.fao.org

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Pasture Management in Central Asia
July 26, 2015
Hustai National Park, Mongolia
CENTRAL ASIAN MEETING OF PASTORALISTS
PASTORALIST KNOWLEDGE HUB

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Content
1. Objective of Regional Programme for
Sustainable Use of Natural Resources in
Central Asia (NRM);
2. Activities in Tajikistan and regional level;
3. Next steps and ideas.

3. CentralAsia:
• Until 1991 the five republics had a common
mechanism of pasture management;
• They then adopted very different systems of pastoral
property rights;
• State control, common property, leasehold systems
and private ownership all exist today.
1. Background and objective of NRM

4. NRM in Central
Asia Programm
Turkmenistan Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Eurasian
Water Center
KAZ research institute
on livestock & fodder
production
Agency on
Land Resources
Management
UNDP
CAREC
Dep. for Environment
& Emergency Situation
UNDP
Camp
Tabiat
Camp
Alatoo
Lesik
Yug
RDF
Agro-
lead CESVI Caritas
UNDP
UNCCD FP
Min. of Agric
Society of Nature
Protection
Extension
Services
User
associations
CAREC CAREC
CAREC
CAREC
State Partners
Beneficiaries
Other Partners
Tashkent Institute
of Irrigation and
Melioration
KRASS
State Committee on
land resources, geo-
desy, cartography &
state cadaster
State Committee
for Nature Protection
Institute for Deserts,
Flora & Fauna
Min. of Agric

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2. Activities in Tajikistan and regional level
• Pasture Management Networking Platform established in 2013;
Objective: Contribute to ecosystem-based management of rangelands
and sustainable rural economic development in Tajikistan
Outcomes:
 Platform provides for continued, consistent exchange of knowledge and
experiences and joint learning;
 Platform provides for systematic and standardized identification and
documentation of good practices/promotes dissemination;
 Platform contributes to the development and implementation of pasture
management policy in Tajikistan.
a) Tajikistan

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Achieved Activities on Outcome 1:
Study Tour within country
June 2015

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Joint gender
assessment in pasture
& livestock sector
Feb & May 2015

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Annual conference
of the PMNP
Feb 2015

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Achieved Activities on Outcome 2:
Documentation of
best practices in
WOCAT
Hay cable

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Regular news
and information
sharing
through
quarterly
Newsletter

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Grazing
Calendar for
Pasture user
Unions,
individual pasture
users
Main messages
for sustainable
pasture
management and
tool for planning
and monitoring!

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GIS Map of
projects working
in the field of
pasture
management and
indication of
project areas

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Achieved Activities on Outcome 3:
Public Hearings on
draft by-laws in the field
of pasture management
on district level
May/June 2014

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Round table on
Draft by laws
August 2014

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Workshop on
Establishment of
Pasture User
Unions and
Statute
Dec 2014

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Recommendation on
PUU charter and steps of it
registration

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Development of
policy note on
facts and figures
around
Pasture User
Unions

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Next steps of Tajik Network:
Umed16.06.2014
 Development of pasture plants and yield assessment guidebook;
 Policy note on gender;
 Exchange visit for practitioners to south-western part of TJ;
 Thematic meeting on comments/amendments to Tajik pasture law.

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b) Practitioners’Conference onAdvancement of Sustainable
Pasture Management in CentralAsia

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Objective: To improve management of pastures
through the development of capacity, transfer of
knowledge, and sharing of reform experiences in
Central and Inner Asia. The network would support the
enhancement of national capacity in natural resource
management and play a catalytic role in scaling up
successful models and approaches.
Pasture Management Knowledge Exchange
Network for CA
3. Next steps and ideas in regional level

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Target Group: practice, decision makers, researchers
Outcome: The desired outcome would be a sustainable
and professional pasture management platform,
through which individual members and organisations
can strengthen their capacity and share learning.
Pasture Management Knowledge Exchange
Network for CA

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Approach and activities in first phase :
 A regular newsletter;
 Members will be able to post new information in real
time on the Facebook page (and via the mailing list);
 A constantly updated library of key documents will be
made available though the K-link system for sharing
and managing knowledge in Central Asia
(http://klink.azurewebsites.net/).
Pasture Management Knowledge Exchange
Network for CA

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Approach and activities in second phase :
 A periodic regional conferences;
 Exchange visits between countries;
 Technical courses on topics such as GIS, remote
sensing and vegetation monitoring;
 Other proposed activities by members.
Pasture Management Knowledge Exchange
Network for CA

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