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Tashkent, FAO CADI inception workshop Christian Welscher, CADI Project Coordinator8 November 2017

Central Asian Desert Initiative (CADI)

Conservation and sustainable use of cold winter deserts in Central Asia


Project master data of CADI

Project title: Central Asian Desert Initiative (CADI) – Conserva-tion and sustainable use of cold winter deserts

Granted by: International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)

www.international-climate-initiative.com

Duration: 01.07.2016 – 31.12.2019

Target countries: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, with components in China, Iran, Mongolia

Supporting grant: 3.280.963 €


CADI partners

PROJECT MANAGEMENT / GRANTEE University of Greifswald (UoG), Germany

IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS Food and Agriculture Organization of the United

Nations (FAO), Subregional Office for Central Asia, Ankara, Turkey

Michael Succow Foundation (MSF), Greifswald, Germany

MAIN PARTNERS IN CENTRAL ASIA (AMONG OTHERS)

Kazakhstan Committee on Forestry and Wildlife of the Ministry of Agriculture, Astana

Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Kazakhstan (ACBK), Astana

Turkmenistan State Committee of Turkmenistan for Environmental Protection and Land Resources, Ashgabat

National Institute of Deserts, Flora and Fauna, Ashgabat

Uzbekistan State Committee on Forestry of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent

FAO office in Uzbekistan, Tashkent


• Overall project management and coordination, financial administration

• Reporting to IKI /Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)

• Coordination of a CADI Steering Committee

• Public relations (f.e. homepage, flyers)

• Backstopping of some specific activities

Role of University of Greifswald in CADI-Project


Main partner institution in Uzbekistan

State Committee on Forestry of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Mr. Nizomiddin Bakirov, HeadMr. Abduvokhid Zakhadullaev, Head of the Department for International Relations, Export and Ecotourism

Contractual basis for CADI implementation in Uzbekistan:

• Memorandum of Understanding between State Committee on Forestry and MSF, renewed 11 October 2017

• CADI agreement between State Committee on Forestry and FAO, signed 13 October 2017


Granted funds by BMUB Own funds Total

UoG 344.362,00 € -- 344.362,00 €

FAO 1.133.246,00 € 40.000,00 € 1.173.246,00 €

MSF 1.803.355,00 € 40.000,00 € 1.843.355,00 €

3.280.963,00 € 80.000,00 € 3.360.963,00 €

CADI budget in total / organization:


CADI cooperation agreements signed between University of Greifswald and …

… Michael Succow Foundation (signed July 2017)

… FAO Subregional Office for Central Asia (signed July 2017)


BMUB grant Own funds Total

2017 446.082,00 € 20.000,00 € 466.082,00 €

2018 220.563,00 € 20.000,00 € 240.563,00 €

2019 466.601,00 € -- 466.601,00 €

1.133.246,00 40.000,00 € 1.173.246,00 €

Cooperation agreement between UoG and FAO regulates (i.a.):

Financial regulations:

Reporting:

• Semi-annual progress report (31 August and 28 February)• Semi-annual financial statement of account (31 August and 31 March)• Final report, including financial, to be submitted five months after the end of

the project.


Outcome of CADI-project:Conservation and management of biodiversity and ecosystem services of cold winter deserts is strengthened across borders.

Four CADI work packages:1. Generate knowledge; 2. Apply this knowledge in sustainable land-use projects;3. Apply this knowledge for protection of the ecosystem and

improve nature conservation;4. Feed experiences and implementation examples of the project

into national, regional and international dialogue.


Work package I

„Generate knowledge“

Output / Activities


Activities Party Timelines

I.1: Provision of project-specific fellowship programme for senior researchers from Central Asia

MSF 1/17 – 4/19

I.2: Adapting FAO’s methodological approach of an integrated RS-based inventory (Open Foris, Collect Earth) for dryland pastures and forests in cold winter deserts of Central Asia to assess land-uses and degradation for a pilot site in Uzbekistan

FAO 1/17 – 4/18

I.3: Exemplary valuation of natural resource assets (pastures, woodlands) and ecosystem services (PES) in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan (on two pilot sites)

FAO 3/18 – 2/19

I.4: Preparation of spatial and geographic analysis of conservation potential of to date unprotected areas with particular conservation needs in cold winter deserts of Central Asia

MSF 1/17(completed)

I.5: Preparation of a digital herbarium and virtual flora MSF 3/17 – 4/19

I.6: Biodiversity expeditions to update baseline data of populations and distribution as well as trends of endemic species

MSF once per year(2 completed)

I.7: Development of an exemplary biodiversity monitoring concept for cold winter deserts biomes

MSF/ACBK 1/18

I.8: Development of target-specific communication strategy and material for integrated, sustainable natural resource management and nature conservation

MSF/ACBK 3/17 – 4/19

Output I:Evidence based knowledge on ecosystem services, biodiversity, conservation status and land-use of cold winter deserts is available, applied and disseminated


Work package II

„Apply this knowledge in sustainable

land-use projects“

Output / Activities


Activities Party Timeline

II.1: Reviewing the framework for Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) and identifying challenges and opportunities in all partner countries

MSF/ACBKFAO (in UZB)

2/17 – 2/18

II.2: Land-use mapping through collection of ecological and social aspects of pastoralism, fire wood usage and carrying capacities (e.g. Collect Earth tool)

MSF/ACBK 3/17 – 4/17

II.3: Vulnerability analysis, risk assessment and acquiring site condition parameters as well as research for development in INRM for a protected area in Kazakhstan by applying the MARISCO tool

MSF 4/17 – 1/18

II.4: Establishment of local project partnerships in selected pilot areas (in Uzbekistan), including pastures, with exemplary investments

FAO 4/17 – 4/18

II.5: Developing project partnerships into exemplary INRM co-management agreements with alternative income concepts as well as exemplary lease-agreements for pilot areas with at least two representatives of local communities (in Uzbekistan)

FAO 1/18 – 2/19

II.6: Establishing best-practices and approaches for climate-adapted & biodiversity-friendly INRM in cold winter deserts through Farmer Field Schools (FFS) and improvement of water resource management through construction and restoration of wells/watering holes in pilot sites (in Uzbekistan)

FAO 1/17 – 4/19

II.7: Supporting national authorities in Uzbekistan for registering a NAMA PIN for Saxaul (Haloxylon spec.) desert forests of the cold winter deserts

MSF 1/18 – 4/18

Output II:Multi-stakeholder-based sustainable land management for desert biomes is introduced in the partner countries


Work package III

„Apply this knowledge for protection of

the ecosystem and improve nature

conservation“

Output / Activities


Activities Party Timelines

III.1: Elaborating justifications for at least two protected areas (establishment, expansion or IUCN status adjustment)

MSF/ACBK 4/17 – 3/18

III.2: Improving management effectiveness of at least two existing protected areas (TKM, KAZ) through development and adjustment of a) zonation; b) management plans; and c) environmental education concepts as well as training of protected area staff

MSF/ACBK 3/17 – 2/19

III.3: Investing in infrastructure and equipment of at least two existing protected areas

MSF 4/17 – 4/18

III.4: Preparing a (Natural/Cultural) World Heritage justification for an area of the cold winter deserts

MSF 1/17 – 4/19

Output III:Conditions for improved management and establishment of protected areas in the desert biome are created and measures are actively promoted


Work package IV

„Feed experiences and

implementation examples of the

project into national, regional and

international dialogue”

Output / Activities


Activities Party Timeline

IV.1 Conduct one workshop per country on Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

MSF once per year

IV.2: Regional awareness raising workshop for decision-makers and extension of national political agenda for INRM in deserts

FAO 2/18

IV.3 Establishing interim secretariat of the initiative, preferably using existing government structures

FAO 1/17 – 4/19

IV.4 Organizing project specific side events at UNCCD COP in 2017, UNCBD COP in 2018 and UNFCCC COP in 2019, there, present CADI strategy

MSF once per year(1 completed)

IV.5 Organizing an international conference on cold winter deserts in Asia, targeting conservation and sustainable use

FAO 2/19

IV.6 Backstopping the process to establish CADI between partner countries and develop a joint programme of work, including review of current situation and study on sustainable funding options for CADI secretariat

FAO 4/17 – 4/19

Output IV:Key actors in the region develop a joint vision for conservation and sustainable use of cold winter deserts in Central Asia, communicate this vision at national and international level and establish networks


CADI achievements of UoG

(project management, knowledge

management)


CADI Homepage

• Informs about aims, activities and outputs of CADI• Provides broad information on cold winter deserts (importance,

endangering, conservation)

cadi.uni-greifswald.de


CADI newsletter in Russian and English (two times a year)

Subscription on:cadi.uni-greifswald.de


CADI brochures in English, Russian and German(electronic and paper versions)


Other achievements:

- First CADI interim report submitted to BMUB by 30.4.2017

- Cooperation Agreements between University of Greifswald and implementing partners FAO and Michael Succow Foundation (MSF) signed, first instalments paid to MSF and FAO. Based on this:- CADI implementation in Kazakhstan officially started,

cooperation agreement between MSF and ACBK signed- Turkmenistan: registration process of CADI almost finished

- Side-Event at UNCCD COP 13 (China) in close cooperation with MSF and FAO


Outlook: Organisation of CADI Steering Committee (SC)

- Coordination: University of Greifswald - Functions (i.a.):

- Assess the development of CADI and make recommendations to enhance its implementation;

- Provide advice and if necessary, making decisions about changes to the project;

- Promote policy dialogue on issues identified by the project, especially in regard to the establishment of a CADI interim secretariat;

- Identify potential risks, discuss and make recommendations on significant risks to CADI.

- Members from UoG, implementing partners (FAO, MSF) and political partner organizations in the three main CADI target countries Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

- Annually meetings, first meeting intended for 1st/2nd quarter 2018

UoG will develop Terms of Reference (TOR) and invite

members for first CADI SC meeting.


Contact:

Christian WelscherCADI Project CoordinatorUniversity of Greifswald

E-Mail: [email protected]: +49 3834 420 4120

cadi.uni-greifswald.de

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