DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

SIBELIUs: Improved resilience for Mongolian herding communities

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Description

Mongolia is a large country with ~30% of its population dependant on livestock herding who are exposed to extreme weather events (dzuds), which are increasingly exacerbated by climate change and are highly damaging to Mongolia’s economy and devastating for the poorest herders. A typical dzud can impact millions of herders many of who will lose all their livestock leaving them in extreme poverty, with associated impacts for the wider economy. SIBELIUs will provide greater dzud-resilience for herders by providing NAMEM1 with improved capacity (new sources of satellite data, plus a geo-spatial database) for distributing new and upgraded environmental products to key stakeholders supporting herding communities. A key aspect of the project is to channel the benefits of improved products through three existing networks: (1) the Mongolian IBLI2 scheme (2) Otor Grazing Reserves which provide emergency grazing for use in dzuds (3) NAMEM’s existing network of regional centres. The project’s impact will be measured directly by the number of herders covered by the IBLI scheme (a readily available statistic) and the dzud-resilience of herders in three test sites, where requirements gathering will also be conducted. Increasing dzud-resilience will directly impact SDG1.5 and SDG13.1. NAMEM are committed to supplying the SIBELIUs service beyond the project’s UKSA funding, therefore providing a long-term sustainable solution. This activity benefits Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan.

Objectives

Dzuds are increasingly exacerbated by climate change and are highly damaging to Mongolia's economy and devastating for the poorest herders. A typical dzud can impact millions of herders, many of who will lose all their livestock leaving them in extreme poverty, with associated impacts for the wider economy. The SIBELIUs project will provide greater dzud-resilience for herders by providing the Mongolian Research Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment with new sources of satellite data, plus a geo-spatial database for distributing new and upgraded environmental products to key stakeholders supporting herding communities.

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Location

The country, countries or regions that benefit from this Programme.

Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia

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