Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  628
• Project status 2022
  TBC
• Project name
  Pastures, Conservation and Climate Action, Mongolia
• Secondary name
  ND
• Country
  Mongolia
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  77000
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2025
• Duration
  20
• Project description
  This is a community-driven project developed under the Plan Vivo Standard and is managed and administered by Mongolian Society for Range Management (MSRM) at three different sites in Mongolia. The project takes a 'carbon plus' approach, emphasising the livelihoods benefits of the project by making important contributions to nomadic herders' wellbeing, to the conservation of a globally important biodiversity heritage and to a range of ecosystem services, and to contribute to carbon sequestration through improved rangeland management. The programme is focused on giving nomadic herders a voice: It is collaborating with more than 100 nomadic households, covering a total area of some 77,000 ha, with the broader aim of sequestering more than 100,000 tCO2 over an initial four year commitment period through improved grazing management practices.The project will result in greater livelihoods and food security. Through the active participation of herders in ecosystem service restoration, pastures will become more resilient through the reduction of soil erosion and overgrazing. Moreover, through agreements with local authorities, participating herder groups have recognised tenure rights over their seasonal pastures. User rights to key natural resources, particularly grasslands and water resources are already established through customary norms and are supported by specific legal provision such as the 2002 Land Law. Through the specific project management plans and agreements developed by the participating herder groups, the requirements for fair and equitable access, including for the poorest and most vulnerable have been further emphasised and enshrined.
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  social development
• Objective 3
  climate
• Deforestation drivers
  cattle grazing, Climate Change, local livelihoods, mining
• Type of forest
  other
• Project activity
  other
• Project Type
  other
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Regions : Arkhangai aimag, Tuv aimag, Bayanhongor aimag
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District : Ikh Tamir Soum, Undurshireet soum, Bogd soum

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2015-2025
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  132000
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  Plan vivo

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  42552
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://mer.markit.com/br-reg/public/project.jsp?project_id=104000000011993
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2
  none
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 3
  none
• Carbon standard 3 Progress
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Weblinks
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Expiry date
  ND
• Source of information
  http://www.planvivo.org/project-network/pastures-conservation-climate-action-mongolia/

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Conditions to receive the payments are explicit in the community based management plan agreed among the project coordinator and the herd group.
• Provides employment?
  ND
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  processing and commercialization | tree planting
• Is there tenure clarification?
  Yes
• Is there environmental education?
  ND
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  Yes
• Is there forest enhancement?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  Yes
• Is there other community benefits?
  ND