grant from ADB Japan Fund for
Poverty Reduction
$3 ABOUT THE PROJECT
CHALLENGES
Overgrazing by livestock is
harming the environment
and livelihoods
Sewage is seeping into the
soil and lake
SOLUTIONS
“As we are preserving the land when the grass is growing, the pastureland is enriched with more plant varieties.”
I used to earn 2 to 3 million Mongolian Tugrik ($1,100) annually at best. After receiving a loan and attending training, I purchased more livestock and increased the number of products I make and improved the product packaging. My annual income has now increased to 10 million Mongolian Tugrik ($3,800).
“I learned packaging of my yogurt products. They are more market friendly now and my income increased.”—Oyun Jargal,herder and small business owner
—Ts. Ikhzaya, small business owner
Local people obtain few
benefits from tourism
“Thanks to the microfinancing, I bought materials for making clothes. My income increased by selling them directly to customers.”
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INTEGRATED LIVELIHOODS IMPROVEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN KHUVSGUL LAKE NATIONAL PARKThe project aims to protect the environment and create sustainable tourism for communities in Khuvsgul Lake National Park in Mongolia.
Khuvsgul Lake is known as the
“Blue Pearl”
—Enkhbaatar Khajid, leader of herder group
“The dumps around here are being cleaned up. Now, new waste containers are located here to take garbage.”—Sainbayar Jamsran, leader of community waste management team
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Community- based
tourism
Sustainable livestock
management
Waste management
Six community revolving funds established with $520,000 seed funding for livelihoods and conservation
1170households benefited
3,903 residents
trained
livelihood activities initiated
336
eco-toilets 50constructed
8management teams formed
water qualitymonitored
herder groups established
communitywaste
Part of e�orts by the Government of Mongolia to
manage national parks
50 litter binsinstalled
—Naranchimeg Khorolsuren, herder and small business owner
pasture management
plans developed
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