Central Asian countries to adopt Kazakhstan experience in rangeland management

Organizers of the press-tour demonstrated to the colleagues from Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kirgizstan and other Central Asian countries, Kazakhstani model of sustainable rangeland management, representing the alliance of traditional approaches and innovative technologies, the UNDP in Kazakhstan said.

Seasonal rotation is being revived, strategically important wells are being repaired, and anti-erosion pasture rotation is being organized around these wells. Mobile livestock is provided with yurts and modern trailers with solar generators.

Thus solar battery capacity is 1 kWt, that allows constant use of electric power for lighting and appliances as there are 300 sunny days per year in south-eastern region of the country.

In addition, in order to create livestock forage, fallow lands are transformed into highly productive grasslands. To organize rangeland management local cooperatives of pasture users were established, thereby increasing the role of local communities and their involvement in sustainable rangeland management. Kazakhstan and international experience in pasture management, presented in the reports of experts attracted by Capacity building project will promote extension of the geography of modern knowledge about the ecological land use.