Mongolia is economically largely depending on mining and industry whilst 40% of the population"s livelihoods depend on animal husbandry and rain-fed agriculture. Forestry and agriculture are closely interlinked. Forests, mostly boreal forests, cover around 8.71% of the territory, but lack sustainable management. Forest value chains are underdeveloped, and little value is added to forest products. To that adds forest loss and degradation due to overgrazing by livestock, wildfire and pests. Thus, forestry contributes only 0.3% to the GDP with more than 10.000 employees. Climate change accelerates these developments and compromises essential ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, clean air and water and protection against soil erosion and landslides.
The Multi-Donor Action "Sustainable ecosystem and agriculture management for rural development in Mongolia" (STREAM+ , 08/2024 to 07/2028) is jointly co-financed by the European Union and the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ and its partner FAO (agricultural aspects). The part implemented by GIZ is part of the BMZ project "Supporting Protected Areas for the Conservation of Ecosystem Services (SPACES) II" and lasts from 03/2024 to 07/2028.
The Specific Objectives of STREAM+ are:
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1. Improved regulatory and/or policy framework to enable sustainable, climate-sensitive and gender inclusive management of forests and agriculture areas, and a fit-for-purpose Technical vocational and education training (TVET) sector.
2. Adopted integrated landscape management with focus on agriculture and forestry addressing food system challenges and climate change.
3. Developed and strengthened selected sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture and forestry value chains.
4. Enhanced capacities of TVET to meet labour market needs in close partnership with the private sector in agriculture and forestry, ensuring an increase of women and girls" participation.
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