Improving the living conditions of nomadic families

We have been supporting nomadic families in eastern Mongolia since 2024. To protect the pastureland from desertification, we are securing shifting sand dunes and thus preventing the threat of silting up. At the same time, local people are learning how to grow trees from seeds and plant seedlings themselves in order to strengthen the ecosystem in the long term and secure their livelihoods.

Our project goal is to improve the living conditions of nomadic herder families at Lake Buir in Mongolia through ecosystem-based measures. The degraded ecosystem poses a challenge for these often financially weak families, as it makes it difficult to secure an adequate livelihood.

We support the families by introducing natural windbreakers and composting. Together with the local population, we are setting up a tree nursery to grow native seedlings for natural wind barriers. These barriers will reduce sand drift and soil erosion, thereby protecting the pastureland and the lake. We are also setting up centralized compost production from organic household waste to increase the soil fertility of the degraded pastureland