Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology (NORDECO)
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Management and consulting company
Research and development
Natural and social scientists
Offices in Norway and Denmark
Project experiences from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe
A local approach to mitigation of climatic and environmental change
NORDECO work for
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National and International funding agencies, including:
World Bank
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Inter American Development Bank (IDB)
European Union (EU)
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
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NORDECO’s approach to climate and environmental change
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Inter-disciplinary thinking
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Participatory approaches
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Working with stakeholders at all levels
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Society, culture and the environment as an integrated whole
Focusing on
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Capacity Development
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Locally-Based Monitoring
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Environmental Awareness Raising
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Private sector and the Environment
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Studies, Research and Programme Development
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The Grassland and Sustainable Pastoralism Programme
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Map of China and Gansu
Lanzhou
Environmental context
Gansu province
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Grassland degradation
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Socio-economic cost
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Environmental consequences
Causes of land degradation
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Desertification
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Overgrazing
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Unsustainable farming practices
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Increased demands for meat and dairy products
National and global impacts
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Biodiversity
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Climate change mitigation
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Rural livelihoods
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The Grassland and Sustainable Pastoralism Programme (GSPP)
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A three year development programme
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Capacity development activities
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Sustainable rangeland management
The GSPP is a joint effort between Chinese and Norwegian institutions
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Governmental institutions
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Research institutions
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Civil society
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Private companies
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GSPP Partners and competencies
Academic and working experiences
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Climatic change
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Environment
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Biodiversity and Ecosystems
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Socio-economic processes
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Applied research
Monitoring
Participatory development
Programme management
International cooperation
Key institutions
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Gansu Agricultural University
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Beijing Development Institute
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College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
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Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science
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The Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute
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Norwegian Forestry Group
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
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UNIFOB-Global, University of Bergen
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The Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology
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GSPP Beneficiaries
The programme will have Beneficiaries at different scales
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Maqu and Sunnan counties
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Focus townships
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Village level
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Households
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Officials at provincial and county level
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GAU researchers and students
GSPP concerns
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Environment locally
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Global environmental benefits
- Biodiversity restoration
- Climate change mitigation
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GSPP Outputs
Concerns: Pastoral development, Land degradation, Land cover change,
Biodiversity, Climate change, Land productivity, Livestock production,
Capital market distortion
Main outputs
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GIS in natural resource monitoring and rangeland management
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Environmental monitoring and gradient analysis
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Community based monitoring, rangeland monitoring and decision
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Improved animal husbandry and pastoral livelihood
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Communication and multiplication of successful programme
interventions
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