History
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2015
February 18, 2015
The Mongolian National Federation of Pasture User Groups (MNFPUG) was established at the initiative of a local herder organizations (PUGs-Pasture User Groups, APUGs-Soum Association of PUGs, AFPUG-Aimag Federations of Pasture User Groups)
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2015
March 1, 2015
MNFPUG signed an agreement with Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières – AVSF to implement the Sustainable Cashmere project in 5 soums of Bayankhongor aimag. Project period 2016.03.01-2016.11.30
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2015
June 30, 2015
Translated the textbook ‘’Range Management: Principles and Practices’’ by Jerry L. Holechek, Rex D. Pieper, Carlton H. Herbel
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2015
July 18, 2015
Mongolian yak festival was organized in Tariyat soum of Arkhangai aimag.
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2015
in 2015
Translated the textbook "Pastureland Management, Basic Principles and Practices" by Jerry L. Holechek, Rex D. Pieper and Carlton H. Herbel.
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2016
In 2017
Implemented UNDP project named as “Land degradation offset and mitigation in Western Mongolia” MON/16/30. Increase local capacity and reduce rangeland degradation in Murun bagh of Darvi soum, Khar-Altat bagh of Bokhmoron soum and Tsogt bagh of Durvuljin soum by supporting the activities of rangeland management working groups in Darvi soum of Khovd aimag, Bokhmoron soum of Uvs aimag and Durvuljin soum of Zavkhan aimag”.
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2016
In 2017
Implemented UNDP project named as “Land degradation offset and mitigation in Western Mongolia” MON/16/30. Increase local capacity and reduce rangeland degradation in Murun bagh of Darvi soum, Khar-Altat bagh of Bokhmoron soum and Tsogt bagh of Durvuljin soum by supporting the activities of rangeland management working groups in Darvi soum of Khovd aimag, Bokhmoron soum of Uvs aimag and Durvuljin soum of Zavkhan aimag”.
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2016
In 2016
Conducted field survey of ‘’Peri-Urban Rangeland Resilience’’ project, funded by USA, Millennium Challenge Corporation, in collaboration with the USDA, ARS-Jornada Experimental Range. A total of 18 young researchers participated in a three-phase field survey of rangeland biomass and cover under supervision of Justin Van Zee from USDA, ARS-Jornada Experimental Range.
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2016
National Pastureland Status Report of Mongolia / Based on 2014 data.
Published and supported first ‘’National report on rangeland health of Mongolia’’ based on rangeland monitoring data from 2014 at the National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring.
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2016
July 16 - 22, 2016
Representatives of NFPUG attended 10th International Rangeland Congress (IRC) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada as an oral and poster presentation.
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2017
January 1, 2017
Signed an agreement with Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to implement ‘’Consolidation of PUG/RUA approach at the national level’ component of Green Gold-Animal Health Project (GGAHP) from 01.01.2017 to 20.12.12.2017.
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2017
In 2017
Green-Gold Consulting company under NFPUG get license to conduct land restoration assessment
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2017
In 2017
At the national level, we have signed cooperation agreements with the governors of 18 aimags to develop rangeland management based on pasture user groups/herder groups. The agreement includes provisions to recover and prevent rangeland degradation and develop pasture user groups/herder groups, cooperatives and soum/aimag associations between 2017-2020 jointly.
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2017
In 2018
National Federation of Pasture User Groups of Mongolia (NFPUG) has been made a contract with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on 23 Feb2018 in order to implement the ‘’Pastoralists Driven Data Management System project’’ through 18 Aimag Federations of Pasture User Groups in nationwide. The main goal of project is to strengthen the capacities of pastoral organizations in data collection and analysis and in information management.
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2017
In 2017
The catalogue of ‘’State and Transition Models of Mongolian Rangelands’’ has been published.
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2017
August 10-11, 2017
The “MONGOLIAN YAK” Festival, a traditional tourism event, was organized in Ikhtamir soum to improve the quality of the Mongolian yak breed, increase its productivity, and increase herders' incomes.
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2017
In 2017
A guide ‘’How to prepare camel wool and increase herder’s income’’ has been published.
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2017
In 2017
Green Gold Finance credit and savings cooperative (CSC) and Green Gold secondary cooperatives were established under NFPUG
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2017
In 2017
NFPUG collaborates mining companies such as as Bayan Airag and Boroo Gold LLC to implement offset programs with PUGs based rangeland use, increase the participation of herder organizations, and ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of rehabilitation and improvement measures by strengthening herder organizations.
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2018
In 2018
Became a member of the International Land Coalition (ILC)
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2018
April 30, 2018
A cooperation agreement was signed with the Inter-Aimag Reserve Rangeland Management Administration and a research project was launched.
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2018
May 10, 2018
In cooperation with the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, the “Sustainable Agricultural Development-2018” national herders' workshop was successfully organized at the Government House.
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2018
May 11-15, 2018
Organized the 8th meeting of the Global Sustainable Agricultural Program in cooperation with the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry.
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2018
May 29, 2018
In collaboration with the UNU-Land Restoration Program in Iceland, the Mongolian University of Life Sciences (MULS) and Information and Research Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment (IRIMHE), a course on “Communicating Knowledge for Sustainable Rangeland Management under Climate Change – Improving Analytic and Reporting Skills”. was organized for land management and natural resource management professionals in Mongolia.
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2018
July 8-10, 2018
Participated in the “The 7th Japan-China-Korea Grassland Conference” held at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.
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2018
July 19, 2018
Organized annual meeting and workshop of Aimag Federations of Pasture User Groups during the “Yak Festival-2018” in Khatgal village, Khuvsgul province.
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2018
July 27, 2018
Members of the International Land Coalition (ILC) participated in the World Land Forum in Bandung, Indonesia. More than 250 civil society and multi-stakeholder organizations from 77 countries, including Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean, participated.
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2018
In 2018
The “Mongolian Sustainable Textile Industry and Eco-Label” project was implemented by the Mongolian National Federation of Pasture User Groups (MNFPUG), Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF), the Mongolian Wool and Cashmere Association (MWCA), the Center for Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP), Implemented by the Environment and Security Center of Mongolia (ESCM) and the Mongolian Banking Association (MBA). The project, which will run for four years from 2018 to 2021, is funded by the European Union.
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2018
In 2018
Introduced Raw Material Traceability System (RMTS) traceability system.
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2018
In 2018
The Secretariat of the State Great Hural (Parliament), the United Nations Development Program, the Green Gold-Animal Health project, SDC and the NFPUG have announced a scholarship program to strengthen Citizens Representative Hural. A total of 19 rangeland management projects were selected to finance the grant. These projects were implemented to support the establishment and development of pasture user groups in the target aimags and soums, the development and implementation of rangeland use plans and procedures, and the conclusion of rangeland use agreements.
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2018
October 31, 2018
The second ‘’National Rangeland Forum’’ of Mongolia was organized in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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2018
December 8-11, 2018
Representatives from Kyrgyzstan visited the NFPUG to learn from our experiences about sustainable rangeland management based on pasture user groups (PUGs).
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2018
December 4, 2018
NFPUG has been consulting services under the Rangeland Management and Climate Change Adaptation component of ‘’Market and Pasture Management Development project’’, IFAD which is being implemented by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry. NFPUG and ‘’Khugjiliin onison tulkhuur’’ NGO are cooperating and implementing this project to strengthen and empower the herder groups and rangeland management in 18 soums of 6 aimags.
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2019
February 1, 2019
A memorandum of understanding was signed with XacBank to implement the “Green Pasture” herder soft loan pilot project in Chandmani soum, Khovd aimag.
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2019
May 7, 2019
The State Great Hural, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the Green Gold and Animal Health Project, SDC organized a national discussion on "Creating a Legal Environment for Pasture Use and Protection’’. In addition to the Speaker, members of the State Great Hural, members of the Government, officials of the Office of the President of Mongolia, relevant ministries and agencies, the Chairman of the Citizens' Representatives Hurals of 21 aimags, the Head of the Food and Agriculture Department, and a total of 850 herders and farmers participated in the discussion.
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2019
June 6, 2019
Received a certificate from a vocational training institution. Decision A / 192 of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare.
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2019
August 11, 2019
The third Mongolian National Rangeland Forum on “Responsible Herders for Green Development” was held in Khovd.
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2019
August 17-18, 2019
traditional tourism event to develop responsible and sustainable yak breeding..
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2015
February 18, 2015
The Mongolian National Federation of Pasture User Groups (MNFPUG) was established at the initiative of a local herder organizations (PUGs-Pasture User Groups, APUGs-Soum Association of PUGs, AFPUG-Aimag Federations of Pasture User Groups)
-
2015
March 1, 2015
MNFPUG signed an agreement with Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières – AVSF to implement the Sustainable Cashmere project in 5 soums of Bayankhongor aimag. Project period 2016.03.01-2016.11.30
-
2015
June 30, 2015
Translated the textbook ‘’Range Management: Principles and Practices’’ by Jerry L. Holechek, Rex D. Pieper, Carlton H. Herbel
-
2015
July 18, 2015
Mongolian yak festival was organized in Tariyat soum of Arkhangai aimag.
-
2015
in 2015
Translated the textbook "Pastureland Management, Basic Principles and Practices" by Jerry L. Holechek, Rex D. Pieper and Carlton H. Herbel.
-
2016
In 2017
Implemented UNDP project named as “Land degradation offset and mitigation in Western Mongolia” MON/16/30. Increase local capacity and reduce rangeland degradation in Murun bagh of Darvi soum, Khar-Altat bagh of Bokhmoron soum and Tsogt bagh of Durvuljin soum by supporting the activities of rangeland management working groups in Darvi soum of Khovd aimag, Bokhmoron soum of Uvs aimag and Durvuljin soum of Zavkhan aimag”.
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2016
In 2017
Implemented UNDP project named as “Land degradation offset and mitigation in Western Mongolia” MON/16/30. Increase local capacity and reduce rangeland degradation in Murun bagh of Darvi soum, Khar-Altat bagh of Bokhmoron soum and Tsogt bagh of Durvuljin soum by supporting the activities of rangeland management working groups in Darvi soum of Khovd aimag, Bokhmoron soum of Uvs aimag and Durvuljin soum of Zavkhan aimag”.
-
2016
In 2016
Conducted field survey of ‘’Peri-Urban Rangeland Resilience’’ project, funded by USA, Millennium Challenge Corporation, in collaboration with the USDA, ARS-Jornada Experimental Range. A total of 18 young researchers participated in a three-phase field survey of rangeland biomass and cover under supervision of Justin Van Zee from USDA, ARS-Jornada Experimental Range.
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2016
National Pastureland Status Report of Mongolia / Based on 2014 data.
Published and supported first ‘’National report on rangeland health of Mongolia’’ based on rangeland monitoring data from 2014 at the National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring.
-
2016
July 16 - 22, 2016
Representatives of NFPUG attended 10th International Rangeland Congress (IRC) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada as an oral and poster presentation.
-
2017
January 1, 2017
Signed an agreement with Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to implement ‘’Consolidation of PUG/RUA approach at the national level’ component of Green Gold-Animal Health Project (GGAHP) from 01.01.2017 to 20.12.12.2017.
-
2017
In 2017
Green-Gold Consulting company under NFPUG get license to conduct land restoration assessment
-
2017
In 2017
At the national level, we have signed cooperation agreements with the governors of 18 aimags to develop rangeland management based on pasture user groups/herder groups. The agreement includes provisions to recover and prevent rangeland degradation and develop pasture user groups/herder groups, cooperatives and soum/aimag associations between 2017-2020 jointly.
-
2017
In 2018
National Federation of Pasture User Groups of Mongolia (NFPUG) has been made a contract with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on 23 Feb2018 in order to implement the ‘’Pastoralists Driven Data Management System project’’ through 18 Aimag Federations of Pasture User Groups in nationwide. The main goal of project is to strengthen the capacities of pastoral organizations in data collection and analysis and in information management.
-
2017
In 2017
The catalogue of ‘’State and Transition Models of Mongolian Rangelands’’ has been published.
-
2017
August 10-11, 2017
The “MONGOLIAN YAK” Festival, a traditional tourism event, was organized in Ikhtamir soum to improve the quality of the Mongolian yak breed, increase its productivity, and increase herders' incomes.
-
2017
In 2017
A guide ‘’How to prepare camel wool and increase herder’s income’’ has been published.
-
2017
In 2017
Green Gold Finance credit and savings cooperative (CSC) and Green Gold secondary cooperatives were established under NFPUG
-
2017
In 2017
NFPUG collaborates mining companies such as as Bayan Airag and Boroo Gold LLC to implement offset programs with PUGs based rangeland use, increase the participation of herder organizations, and ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of rehabilitation and improvement measures by strengthening herder organizations.
-
2018
In 2018
Became a member of the International Land Coalition (ILC)
-
2018
April 30, 2018
A cooperation agreement was signed with the Inter-Aimag Reserve Rangeland Management Administration and a research project was launched.
-
2018
May 10, 2018
In cooperation with the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, the “Sustainable Agricultural Development-2018” national herders' workshop was successfully organized at the Government House.
-
2018
May 11-15, 2018
Organized the 8th meeting of the Global Sustainable Agricultural Program in cooperation with the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry.
-
2018
May 29, 2018
In collaboration with the UNU-Land Restoration Program in Iceland, the Mongolian University of Life Sciences (MULS) and Information and Research Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment (IRIMHE), a course on “Communicating Knowledge for Sustainable Rangeland Management under Climate Change – Improving Analytic and Reporting Skills”. was organized for land management and natural resource management professionals in Mongolia.
-
2018
July 8-10, 2018
Participated in the “The 7th Japan-China-Korea Grassland Conference” held at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.
-
2018
July 19, 2018
Organized annual meeting and workshop of Aimag Federations of Pasture User Groups during the “Yak Festival-2018” in Khatgal village, Khuvsgul province.
-
2018
July 27, 2018
Members of the International Land Coalition (ILC) participated in the World Land Forum in Bandung, Indonesia. More than 250 civil society and multi-stakeholder organizations from 77 countries, including Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean, participated.
-
2018
In 2018
The “Mongolian Sustainable Textile Industry and Eco-Label” project was implemented by the Mongolian National Federation of Pasture User Groups (MNFPUG), Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF), the Mongolian Wool and Cashmere Association (MWCA), the Center for Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP), Implemented by the Environment and Security Center of Mongolia (ESCM) and the Mongolian Banking Association (MBA). The project, which will run for four years from 2018 to 2021, is funded by the European Union.
-
2018
In 2018
Introduced Raw Material Traceability System (RMTS) traceability system.
-
2018
In 2018
The Secretariat of the State Great Hural (Parliament), the United Nations Development Program, the Green Gold-Animal Health project, SDC and the NFPUG have announced a scholarship program to strengthen Citizens Representative Hural. A total of 19 rangeland management projects were selected to finance the grant. These projects were implemented to support the establishment and development of pasture user groups in the target aimags and soums, the development and implementation of rangeland use plans and procedures, and the conclusion of rangeland use agreements.
-
2018
October 31, 2018
The second ‘’National Rangeland Forum’’ of Mongolia was organized in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
-
2018
December 4, 2018
NFPUG has been consulting services under the Rangeland Management and Climate Change Adaptation component of ‘’Market and Pasture Management Development project’’, IFAD which is being implemented by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry. NFPUG and ‘’Khugjiliin onison tulkhuur’’ NGO are cooperating and implementing this project to strengthen and empower the herder groups and rangeland management in 18 soums of 6 aimags.
-
2018
December 8-11, 2018
Representatives from Kyrgyzstan visited the NFPUG to learn from our experiences about sustainable rangeland management based on pasture user groups (PUGs).
-
2019
February 1, 2019
A memorandum of understanding was signed with XacBank to implement the “Green Pasture” herder soft loan pilot project in Chandmani soum, Khovd aimag.
-
2019
May 7, 2019
The State Great Hural, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the Green Gold and Animal Health Project, SDC organized a national discussion on "Creating a Legal Environment for Pasture Use and Protection’’. In addition to the Speaker, members of the State Great Hural, members of the Government, officials of the Office of the President of Mongolia, relevant ministries and agencies, the Chairman of the Citizens' Representatives Hurals of 21 aimags, the Head of the Food and Agriculture Department, and a total of 850 herders and farmers participated in the discussion.
-
2019
June 6, 2019
Received a certificate from a vocational training institution. Decision A / 192 of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare.
-
2019
August 11, 2019
The third Mongolian National Rangeland Forum on “Responsible Herders for Green Development” was held in Khovd.
-
2019
August 17-18, 2019
traditional tourism event to develop responsible and sustainable yak breeding..