http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership This Presentation was made during the second plennary meeting of the Eurasian soil partnership that took place in Izmir, Turkey from 16-18 June 2015. This presentation was made by Ines Beernaerts, and it has the objective to present Integrated Natural Resources Management in drought-prone and salt-affected production landscapes in Central Asia and Turkey. © FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. Izmir, Turkey
June 16-18 2015
Ines BEERNAERTS
Land and Water Management Officer
FAO Sub-Regional Office for Central Asia

2. Strengthening the capacity and creating of an enabling
environment for SLM policy, investment and harmonization of
institutional frameworks
Mainstreaming and scaling up of INRM and SLM practices in DLDD
affected landscapes
Sustainable pasture management
Sustainable forest management
Drought risk management, including early warning systems
Climate – smart agriculture
CACILM II National priorities
ELD system for valuation of land, water and ecosystem services

3. Unified approaches and methods for assessing economic
values of land and ecosystem services
Drought risk management
Salinity control through integrated landscape management
Support in implementation of aligned NAP in the context of
the UNCCD Strategy (2008 – 2018)
CACILM II Regional priorities

4. Paradigm shift
Reactive crisis management Proactive risk management
Recommendation:
FAO, together with UNCCD and
WMO, should support MC for
developing and implementing
policies, strategies and action plans
on drought risk management at
national and transboundary levels.

5. Preparation of
Draft
Implementation
Plan (Pillar 1 –
Antalya, 13-17
October ‘14)
Plenary and
Steering
Committee
Meeting
(Samarkand,
September’14)
Launch
workshop
(Moscow,
Nov.’13)
Where are we starting from?
Where are we going to ? With
whom? Chair, Vice-chair and WGs;
ICBA, ICARDA, ELD?
How are we going to do it?
Implementation Plan
(Izmir, June 16-18 2015)
Priority:
Soil Salinization
Eurasia Sub-Regional Soil Partnership

6. Economics of land degradation
A global initiative for sustainable land
management
Cooperation and partnership (technical,
scientific and political)?

7. To scale up integrated natural resources
management in drought prone and salt
affected agricultural production systems in
the Central Asia and Turkey.
Integrated Natural Resources Management can be defined as “the responsible and
broad-based management of the land, water, forest and biological resources base
(including genes) needed to sustain agricultural productivity and avert degradation of
potential productivity"
(Technical Advisory Committee / Science Council Secretariat, FAO, September 2003)

8. Multiple global environmental benefits

9. Barriers for scaling up INRM
• Barrier 1: Inadequate regional mechanism for
evidence-based knowledge
• Barrier 2. Inadequate integration of
resilience into policy and decision-making
• Barrier 3. Absence of strategy for scaling up
of INRM.

10. Project
Component
Project Outcomes
1. Multi-country
collaboration and
partnership to foster
the implementation of
cost-effective INRM,
focusing on drought-
prone and salt-
affected production
landscapes
1.1 Enhanced knowledge of the costs of land degradation and
benefits of INRM , drought preparedness and biosaline
agriculture to national economies and the region as a whole
to informs policy and investment decisions at all levels, incl.
NAP processes
1.2 Enhanced multi-country collaboration and information
sharing to promote investment for INRM scaling up, focusing
on drought prone and/or salinity affected production
landscapes
Scale up integrated natural resources management in drought-prone and salt-affected agriculture production landscapes in Central Asia and Turkey
Objective: Scale up integrated natural resources management in drought prone
and salt affected agricultural production systems in the Central Asia and Turkey.

11. Project Component 3. Multi-country collaboration and partnership to
foster the effective delivery of INRM
Outcomes Outputs
1.1. Enhanced
knowledge of the costs
of land degradation
and benefits of INRM
and DRM to national
economies and the
region as a whole
informs policy and
investment decisions
at all levels, including
NAP processes (linked
to 1.1)
1.1.1 Standardized approach across countries for valuation of
ecosystem services affected by land degradation, drought and
desertification
1.1.2 Identification of incentives to scale up INRM (e.g. PES
schemes)

12. Project
Component
3. Multi-country collaboration and partnership
to foster the effective delivery of INRM
Outcomes Outputs
1.2. Enhanced multi-
country collaboration
and information
sharing to promote
investment for INRM
scaling up, focusing
on drought prone
and/or salinity
affected production
landscapes
1.2.1 Multi-country platform for knowledge consolidation
and harmonization on INRM (link to global SLM/DSS
platform, EASP and ELD Secretariat) to support national
advisory / extension and climate information services,
including early warning systems
1.2.2 Multiscale and participatory approaches in place for
monitoring of ecosystem services that integrates GEBs with
socio-economic and gender considerations

13. Project
Component
Project Outcomes
2. Integration of
resilience into policy,
legal and institutional
frameworks for INRM
1.1 Resilience integrated across NRM sectors and production
landscapes
1.2 Incentives for climate-smart agriculture in place at
national and sub-national levels
3. Upscaling of
climate-smart
agricultural practices
in drought prone
and/or salt affected
production landscapes
2.1 Up-scaling of a proactive drought risk management
(DRM) approach and innovative INRM technologies in
selected production landscapes /land use systems use
systems (e.g. pastoral, agro-sylvo-pastoral, tree-based,
irrigated, rainfed, home gardens) in Central Asia and Turkey
2.2 Adaptation and scaling up of technologies and approaches
for management of salt-affected production landscapes
Enabling Environment
Institutional and individual
Capacity Development

14. Institutional arrangements
CACILM Steering Committee (SC) will review project achievements and report to
members of the Strategic Partnership Agreement and provide overall strategic
guidance.
Multi-Country Secretariat (MCS). This Project Coordination Unit (PCU), supported
and coordinated by FAO SEC office, will provide the administrative services for the
SC. It will operate the project monitoring and evaluation system. The execution of
the multi-country component will supported by CAREC and ICBA.
National Advisory and Coordination Group (ACG), responsible for aligning action
with country’s policy and strategic priorities and providing strategic guidance to
NSEC. It is composed of the FPs of UNFCCC, UNCCD and UNCBD, representatives of
the key Ministries related to Agriculture, Water, Land use, Environment,
Meteorology, science representatives and, the Ministry of Finance. The ACG may
also include the designated GSP FP.
National Secretariats (NSEC) providing support to the UNCCD FPs in the execution
of the national components (component 2 and 3).

15. Budget
Country
GEF Project
Financing
KYR 180,125
TAJ 268,846
UZB (LD) 1,455,424
UZB (CC) 2,607,483
KAZ (LD) 900,624
KAZ (CC) 900,624
TUK 2,688,464
TUR 178,975
From GEF global set aside 1,801,250
TOTAL 10,981,,815

16. Global environmental benefits
Indicator / Target
Land under integrated management (ha) : 335,000 ha
GHG emissions avoided or reduced (tons CO2e) :4 million
Area with improved irrigation efficiency (ha):100,000 ha
Socio-economic benefits
Beneficiary households (number) in pastoral, agro-sylvo-pastoral,
tree-based, irrigated and, rainfed systems: 30,000,
Beneficiary households (number) for home gardens: 10,000
Improvement in incomes from INRM (disaggregated by
gender):25%

17. For more information, please contact:
Ines Beernaerts at
ines.beernaerts@fao.org