Social and Economic Assessment of the region

Project Location within Country: Khuvsgul, Zavkhan, Uvs, Bayan-Ulgii, Khovd, Gobi-Altai Provinces

Professional Staff Provided by your Company:
No of Staff: 1
No of Person-months: 3

Name of Client: WWF, GEF and UNDP

Start Date (month/year):
20 May 2001

Completion Date:
(month/year):
20 August 2001

Name of associated firm(s) if any: No

No. of Person-Months of Professional
Staff Provided by Associated Firm(s)

Name of Senior Staff (Project Director/Co-ordinator, Team Leader) involved and functions performed
WWF Mongolia Country Office

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:
The project objective is to ensure the protection unique biodiversity in the region through assisting local people in building sustainable options for livelihoods and environmental protection. As identified by the previous missions overgrazing was seen as one of the major threats to biodiversity in the region. Therefore, the project will focus on ways to stop and prevent overgrazing in the region.

Detailed Description of Actual Services provided by your Company: Carried out socio-economic analyses of land use types in the region that covers the north-western part of the country including Khuvsgul, Zavkhan, Uvs, Khovd, Gobi-Altai and Bayan-Ulgii provinces and propose recommendations to contribute to sustainable rural development through improving grazing land use