Environmental policy and administrative management

The project territory (PT) is located in Shet district of Karaganda region, in the hills south of the steppe zone on the border of the two subzones: the dry steppes and desert steppes. In the district center - Aksu-Ayuly village live 5540 people, the population is engaged cattle breeding. On the territory of Aksu-Ayuly rural district grazed 3,5 thousand horses, divided into 4 of the herd, which are on year round grazing. The problem is the unsystematically herds grazing without compliance of grazing norms, which leads to the degradation of pastures Project aim: Increase efficiency of pastures use and decrease of land degradation processes by means of traditional herd horses maintenance, organization of pastures infrastructure for the all-the-year-round use. Project tasks: - Organization of pastures infrastructure for year-round use in the herd horses grazing - Development of template scheme using different approaches of the rational use of pasture with the herd horses grazing. - Creating of forage base for winter-spring horses feeding. - Training members of LC, propaganda of knowledge and experiences in the management of pasture, long-term preservation of their economic and ecological status Project results: In the course of project activities obtained the following results: - Developed the infrastructure for the improvement of working conditions of herdsmen, which will facilitate sustainable use of rangelands and the growth of productive breeding - In the area of 50 hectares planted wheat grass and established forage base for winter feeding of horses - As a result of introduction of the rational use of pastures, increase in body weight of horses by 20 kg / cap for the pasture period, compared with the existing herd - Reduced the load of round aul pastures, localized degradation, increased productivity and forage quality, increased output of livestock products and income members of LC - Prepared the methodological recommendation for rational use of pastures dry-steppe and steppe zones of the republic for herd horse. in the Kazakh and Russian languages - Members of the LC have the notion of a clear dependence: state of pastures - quality and quantity of feed - the level the community livelihood

Kazakhstan