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Participatory Sustainable Forest Management project successfully implemented
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The Ministry of
Environment and Tourism and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations have successfully implemented the project, ‘Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation,
Sustainable Forest Management and Carbon Sink Enhancement into Mongolia’s
Productive Forest Landscapes’.
Implemented since 2015,
the project activities involved cooperating with 101 Forest User Groups, and 11
Intersoum Forest Units in Selenge, Darkhan-Uul, Bulgan, Khuvsgul and Khentii
aimags. The forest user groups together protect approximately 7% of the regions
in the 5 provinces, which cover 4 ecologically important areas and 10 river basins. This plays a vital role in protecting biodiversity not only
in Mongolia, but also as contribution to global protection.
The project supported
the activities of Forest User Groups, strengthened their capacity, and provided
training and technical support on ways to implement forest activities.
Furthermore, the project contributed to achievements in improving
policy environment, such as supporting Forest User Groups in forest care,
increasing the forest care normative cost level, supporting in including the
classification criteria based on Forest User Groups activities, including
biodiversity conservation in the Forest Management Plan and effectively
promoting sustainable forest management beyond project targets.
The project enabled the establishment of a participatory forest
management system by building forest information centers at 11 inter-soum
forest units and strengthening the capacity of six cooperative associations in
total.
The project team together with the Forest Research and Development
centre successfully developed a sustainable forest management plan integrating
biodiversity conservation by improving communities’ livelihood in the local
context. The plan was endorsed by the province's Environment and Tourism
Department and a 10-year management plan has been developed and currently being
implemented by 54 Forest User Groups.
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