The Elsentasarkhai living laboratory approach integrates long-term field testing, monitoring, training and multi-stakeholder knowledge exchange to validate locally adapted technologies for dryland restoration and desertification control. Proven practices are demonstrated and shared to support their replication and scaling across Mongolia’s degraded drylands.

Compilador/a:

Undarmaa Dagvasuren

First published:

2026-08-07 15:15

Los sistemas silvopastoriles son una forma de combinar árboles o especies forrajeras con pasturas y animales dentro de una parcela. En la parroquia de Nambacola los arboles están dispersos en el potrero, y la distribución varía de 30 a 60 árboles por hectárea. Las especies más utilizadas son el faique, vainillo y porotillo.

Compilador/a:

Pablo Caza

First published:

2021-02-03 13:22

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Reforestación activa y pasiva* gracias a la plantación de especies arbóreas y exclusión del pastoreo, con posibilidad de agroforesteria durante los dos primeros años, acompañando el crecimiento de los arboles con cultivos de subsistencia. Esta tecnología fue diseñada e implementada con el objetivo de proteger las zonas de recarga del acuífero del Municipio de Morroa, Sucre, Colombia.

Compilador/a:

Luisa F. Vega

First published:

2019-02-18 19:29

The Traditional Seasonal Mobility of Zereg herders is a community-based approach that promotes sustainable pasture management through seasonal livestock migration based on traditional knowledge, collective planning, and adaptive decision-making. It enhances rangeland conservation, livestock productivity, and climate change adaptation while preserving traditional nomadic culture and strengthening local cooperation.

Compilador/a:

Undarmaa Dagvasuren

First published:

2026-08-07 09:47

This project based approach strengthens climate-resilient rural livelihoods among women and young herders in Khovd and Zavkhan provinces through gender-responsive online and face-to-face training, practical demonstrations, and post-training mentoring. It builds skills in low-waste cutting and sewing of Mongolian ger covers and insulation, and in the use of leather and rawhide for value-added products, supporting household use, income generation, and more efficient use of local livestock resources.

Compilador/a:

Undarmaa Dagvasuren

First published:

2026-08-06 13:15

Введение в рисовые севообороты сахарного сорго в смешанном (бинарном) посеве с люцерной - один из способов восстановления плодородия вторично засоленных почв в условиях дефицита оросительной воды, а также диверсификации сельскохозяйственного производства путем создания устойчивой кормовой базы животноводства.

Compilador/a:

Kulyash Iskandarova

First published:

2023-07-12 17:19

Организация пилотных демонстрационных участков и проведение Дней поля - мероприятия для региональных заинтересованных сторон, в основном фермеров, для получения информации о технологиях УЗП, приемах восстановления деградированных земель и пастбищ, перспективных для региона засухо- и солеустойчивых культурах и технологиях их выращивания, демонстрации результатов проекта ИСЦАУЗР-2 по расширению практики борьбы с засолением и реабилитации деградированных орошаемых земель.

Compilador/a:

Kulyash Iskandarova

First published:

2023-04-11 15:14

Внедрение в состав культур, выращиваемых на богаре, нетрадиционных для богарных условий многолетних засухоустойчивых растений будет способствовать предотвращению развития водной эрозии почв, повышению продуктивности богарных угодий, и обеспечению животноводства дополнительными кормами

Compilador/a:

Rustam Ibragimov

First published:

2023-01-23 10:44

Khoovor Spring protection is a sustainable land management technology implemented in Dariganga Soum, Sukhbaatar Province, Mongolia. It uses a standardized livestock-exclusion fence, a controlled-access gate, and community-based inspection and maintenance to protect the natural spring source from livestock trampling and contamination. The protected area supports natural vegetation recovery and provides livestock with safer and more reliable access to water.

Compilador/a:

Undarmaa Dagvasuren

First published:

2026-07-30 16:09

Intercropping pigeon pea with maize maximizes land productivity while improving soil fertility through biological nitrogen fixation. This sustainable land management practice enhances crop yields, promotes efficient resource use, and contributes to the restoration of degraded land in the southern and central parts of Malawi.

Compilador/a:

Dailes Banda

First published:

2026-07-30 18:09

A participatory habitat protection initiative safeguards key wetlands for the critically endangered white-naped crane. It combines participatory planning, herder-led grazing agreements and youth eco-club monitoring. The initiative restores wetland health, reduces trampling impacts, strengthens local stewardship and awareness, and provides a scalable model for biodiversity conservation.

Compilador/a:

Tserendulam Tseren-Ochir

First published:

2026-06-25 17:06

The afforestation of the low productivity sandy lands in the river valley areas of arid highlands with fast growing poplar trees, provides the population with firewood as well as timber and also provides conservation benefits.

Compilador/a:

Gulniso Nekushoeva

First published:

2017-03-15 17:23

An earthen water harvesting structure constructed in Xidda, Somalia, designed to capture and store surface runoff from seasonal rainfall for domestic use, livestock watering, and small-scale irrigation of a nearby vegetable farm.

Compilador/a:

mohamed ahmed Hirad

First published:

2026-06-23 08:33

The consensus-based management of the area of Guidan Issa consists of rehabilitating this resource for agro-pastoral livelihoods in a participatory and inclusive way, by considering the various actors involved in the exploitation and management of this rangeland area.

Compilador/a:

Judith Macchi

First published:

2017-11-01 09:42

A water harvesting haffir constructed by the Barwaaqo Project in Kaluun-Dacar village, Galmudug State, designed to capture and store seasonal surface runoff from the Gu and Deyr rains for livestock, household use, and small-scale fodder production, while reducing soil erosion and enhancing drought resilience.

Compilador/a:

Abdulkadir Ali Mohamed

First published:

2026-06-21 15:07

This technology rehabilitates active gullies in degraded agro-pastoral land in Guri Gaab Village, Baidoa District, through the construction of six gabion structures and six rock check dams within a 160-hectare watershed. The intervention was implemented to address severe gully erosion, loss of productive land, rapid runoff, and declining vegetation cover.

Compilador/a:

ABDULLAHI ABDULKADIR

First published:

2026-06-20 09:12

Improvement of a livestock grazing scheme ensuring the restoration of pasture vegetation and observance of appropriate pasture loading.

Compilador/a:

Rustam Ibragimov

First published:

2017-01-04 10:52

Saxaul (Haloxylon ammodendron) bushes are planted on denuded sandy soils with the aim to reduce the rate of desertification.

Compilador/a:

Firdavs Faizulloev

First published:

2017-03-15 16:01

The traditional approach of valley floor terraced rice cultivation at individual household level for their subsistance.

Compilador/a:

Niaz Ahmed Khan

First published:

2017-08-03 08:44

Organic fertiliser enhances the productivity of the soil, as well as its capacity for infiltration and water retention.

Compilador/a:

Dieter Nill

First published:

2017-07-10 12:05

An agroforestry system with peach, plum, sweet cherry and persimmon trees was established on a plot of land, with poor soil quality.

Compilador/a:

Natalia Mityakova

First published:

2017-03-15 15:12

Coloured pheromone traps are set up in agricultural fields to attract and eradicate flying insect pests.

Compilador/a:

Firdavs Faizulloev

First published:

2017-03-15 11:26

The recycling of broken iron water gates which can be used to regulate the water flow into smaller side canals were reconstructed along the main irrigation canal.

Compilador/a:

Natalia Mityakova

First published:

2017-03-15 14:08

The described approach facilitates the establishment of contracts between village committees and local authorities for decentralised management of Tugai forest areas on State Reserve Land.

Compilador/a:

Firdavs Faizulloev

First published:

2017-07-06 14:38

Fallow land restoration for fodder production is combined with biodiversity conservation of natural steppe vegetation by no-tillage disc-harrowing and seeding of forage grass in low density.

Compilador/a:

Heino Hertel

First published:

2017-05-28 17:21

Establishment and activity of educational ranger stations on the basis of forestry units and secondary schools to involve youth in nature protection activity to conserve, restore and study unique natural features of the Kazakh Altai (in the frame of CACILM).

Compilador/a:

Azhar Yeszhanova

First published:

2017-08-03 16:28

This technology is aimed at the creation of pistachio plantations on gentle slopes to improve the land’s productivity and to rehabilitate the arid land in the hill zone.

Compilador/a:

Rustam Ibragimov

First published:

2016-12-28 10:53

Farmer Field Schools (FFS) are held to fill farmer's gaps in knowledge on the use of sustainable agricultural technologies, efficient irrigation water use and prevention of land degradation using trials tailored to local conditions.

Compilador/a:

Firdavs Faizulloev

First published:

2017-07-06 10:51

In this new technology the Maasai people set aside some acres of land, fence it and plant grass where the land is bear or allow natural standing grass to germinate then harvest it and store as hay for future use. This also helps in preventing soil erosion and surface run off.

Compilador/a:

SAIKO JOYCE

First published:

2018-05-22 06:32

Silage is a type of preserved, fermented fodder that is fed to livestock when grass is scarce or unavailable. Household-level silage production involves growing oats within winter/spring livestock shelters, chopping the harvested crop, and then compacting it in plastic tanks where it forms silage through an anaerobic process.

Compilador/a:

Mandakh Nyamtseren

First published:

2026-05-11 08:36

Buryat sheepfold fencing is a traditional Mongolian design. It has been adapted to form exclosures to protect springheads and wetland edges from trampling and overgrazing. This modified version was installed around four spring sources feeding the Ulz River to reduce soil compaction, erosion, and water contamination at the most sensitive points.

Compilador/a:

Tserendulam Tseren-Ochir

First published:

2026-06-11 14:45

Through “learning by doing” students have propagated bird cherry seedlings, established a grove within the school grounds, and distributed seedlings to local households. This ecological education initiative has been put into practice though the “Thank you, Moilhon” programme initiated by a “Green Island” school Eco-Club.

Compilador/a:

Tserendulam Tseren-Ochir

First published:

2026-06-08 10:59

Wild cherry seeds are collected and sown in an open-air nursery within a schoolyard. The planting area is fenced by wooden boards and filled with a humus-rich soil and a light mulch, such as sawdust, is added to retain moisture and control weeds. This practice enhances the survival rate of seedlings – which are planted out in school groves as well as being available for regreening projects.

Compilador/a:

Mandakh Nyamtseren

First published:

2026-05-29 13:14

Degraded maize fields are converted into grassland to improve livestock management and restore soil health. After five years of maize cultivation, yields declined as the once fertile soil became sandy and dry. Grass planting offered a sustainable alternative, improving ground cover, moisture, and feed availability.

Compilador/a:

TOUBEE VODETPHAYBOUNE

First published:

2026-05-25 14:00

Crop rotation in rice fields maximizes paddy land use during the dry season, particularly through the cultivation of garlic, onion, and other vegetables.

Compilador/a:

Viengkeo Bounthavongkham

First published:

2026-05-25 12:23

Crimson clover, overwintered as a cover crop, forms a symbiotic relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, capturing nitrogen and thus enriching the soil. This helps reduce the need for synthetic fertilizers and aids in soil erosion control, weed suppression, and improved soil structure.

Compilador/a:

Tamara Korošec

First published:

2025-10-27 09:34

The approach applied in this project is an integrated and multi-stakeholder approach in the South West of Burkina Faso, based on watershed management and sustainable land management with a strong emphasis on local participation. It carries out physical and biological measures against erosion, adaptation to climate change and various activities of capacity building.

Compilador/a:

Rebecka Ridder

First published:

2016-12-15 14:27

Structure physique sous forme de cordons pierreux isohypses accompagnée par la réalisation de diguettes en demi lune et de petites trous de forme circulaire

Compilador/a:

Unknown User

First published:

2017-07-10 16:15

Defensivos flexibles y rústicos, se emplean para proteger terrenos de cultivo frente a amenazas de riadas y erosión lateral. Esta conformada de rocas de gran diámetro con altura y espesor variable que puede ser complementada con plantación de árboles. Su resistencia y flexibilidad permite que no se deforme fácilmente ante fuertes eventos de crecidas de agua.

Compilador/a:

Marco Loma

First published:

2017-11-01 10:28

Ferias comunitarias campesinas como alternativa de comercialización para la mejora en la rentabilidad y mantenimiento de la actividad productiva tradicional.

Compilador/a:

Andrea Carrera

First published:

2017-03-21 18:21