HERD: Healthy Ecosystems for Rangeland Development

Presented by: Masumi. S. Gudka - Global Drylands Initiative, IUCN.

DEFINING DRYLANDS

Dry Sub-Humid

Semi-Arid Arid Hyper-

Arid

DEFINING DRYLANDS

40% of the terrestrial surface (WRI)

Eco-regions as conservation priorities

Biodiversity hotspots

BIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION: Migration in the Drylands

Migratory ranges for selected ungulates

CULTURAL ADAPTATION: Migration in the Drylands

MUTUAL BENFITS: Migration in the Drylands

Indigenous Community Conserved Areas (ICCA’s) and Traditional Land-Use Systems

SLM: Community based rangeland management

Sustainable Land

Management

Local Governance

Communal Resources

Resource Rights

Institutional Planning

Links to Markets

Sustainable Land

Management

Food Security

Disaster risk reduction

Poverty reduction

Ecosystem Integrity

Climate change

adaptation

Carbon capture and

storage

Protection of hydrological

cycles

Protection of watersheds

Biodiversity Conservation

• Community Based Rangeland Management, which is an evolution of well-established Community Based Natural Resource Management approaches; e.g. HIMA

• Ecosystem approaches for Integrated Rangeland and Water Resource Management;

• Forest and Landscape restoration, emphasising the importance of trees in rangeland (including savannah) ecosystems;

• Inter-sectoral coordination;

• Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas, exploiting the potential of sustainable rangelands management as Category 5 and 6 Protected Areas.

Entry points to SRM

Outline of Initiative

• Strengthening evidence of the multiple-benefits of sustainable rangelands management (SRM);

• Building partnerships and dialogue for large-scale rangeland governance;

• Demonstrating and validating good practices;

• Leveraging appropriate investment, including development of certification standards and payments for ecosystem services.

GEF 6 Strategy• Biodiversity

– sustainability of protected area systems– To sustainably use biodiversity– mainstream conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity into production landscapes

• Land Degradation– LD-1: Agriculture and Rangeland Systems, including SLM for Climate-Smart Agriculture– LD-2: Forest Landscape Management and Restoration– LD-3: Integrated Landscapes and Scaling up SLM– LD-4: Institutional and Policy Frameworks and Mainstreaming SLM in Development

• Climate Change – Adaptation – climate smart pastoralism– Mitigation – rangelands carbon sequestration

• Sustainable forest Management – Integrated land use planning– Capacity development for SFM within local communities

Thank You!!