Environmental policy and administrative management

Main problems: The local herdmen s excessive relying on the natural resources not only results in the enlargement of traditional stock raising area, but also caused disordered and over-exploitation of wild medicinal plant, which will further destroy the fragile alpine grassland ecosystem and result to rodents and pests disaster, desertification and sandification. Project activities/solutions: 1. Promote alternative livelihood for local community including handicrafts making and turnip planting; 2. Set up eagle-attracting-racks` on the grassland of the community in order to control the quantity of rats and rabbits; 3. Conduct vegetation restoration on the bared grassland; 4. Organize community co-management conference for grassland; 5. Improve the livestock species; 6. Organize a meeting on enhancing the awareness of grassland ecosystem. Anticipated results/outcomes: 1. reduce 325 livestocks at project site to reduce the pressures of grassland; 2. Locals` income increase 1000RMB per year through alternative livelihood; 3. the population of rat and rabbit reduced 20%, about 10 ha. of grassland restored naturally; 4.about 0.3 ha. of bared land recovered by planting grass; 5. about 3-4 community start rotation grazing and sustainable grassland management practice applied in about 10000 ha. of grassland; 6. two community sustainable grassland management plan developed; 7. improved yak production increased 20%; 8. about 300 hardmen`s awarness of grassland conservation enhanced.

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