Environmental policy and administrative management

Climate aridization leads to desertification, decreasing haylands areas, loosing of its resort role. Main way of such areas preservation and increasing pastures productivity is development of its rational use schemes. One of the most important measures is creation of hayfields and pastures by additional sowing of important forage herbs, adapted to local conditions. Project aim: Decreasing Bereke settlement pastures degradation by organizing distant pasturing, producing qualitative crested-wheat grass seeds and further expanding areas of crested-wheat grass sowing lands. Project tasks: - Introduction of seasonal distant pasturing of LC members livestock to prevent pastures degradation and increasing quality of animal produce. - Producing qualitative crested-wheat grass seeds by adoption of new progressive technology and improvement of combine s unit - Restoration of degraded pastures on 50 ha by crested-wheat grass planting and further expanding areas of crested-wheat grass sowing lands to 200 ha - Carrying out informational work and experience promotion Project results: - Returned in pastures rotation about 2500 ha of wastelands - Created main infrastructure on distant pasture: bought jurt and solar generator - Restored 50 ha of degraded lands by additional sowing of crested wheat-grass seeds - Up to 10 tons per year of qualitative Taukum kind crested wheat-grass seeds producing organized with implementation of advanced inclined room of combine harvester - 4 farms got crested wheat-grass seeds to organize cultivated pastures on 100 ha of degraded lands - Organized field days and seminars for demonstration and promotion of equipment for crested wheat-grass seeds harvesting - Created demonstrational field by restoring degraded pastures by crested wheat-grass planting - Decreased livestock load on pastures on 150 livestock units - Got live weight gain of 1 young cattle animal (under 2 years old) about 35-40kg, 1 young small cattle animal 7-9 kg - Issued booklets on Kazakh and Russian languages on possibilities of degraded lands restoration by crested wheat-grass sowing and also on use of new schemes in land management with an aim to decrease pastures degradation - One brochure on project results issued - Held demonstrational seminar on teaching LC members and neighboring villagers on pastures degradation combating measures

Kazakhstan