Regenerating Mongolian Grasslands: A Savory & ADRA Partnership

The “Pasture Land -- Use it Sustainably” (PLUS) project is a partnership between ADRA and the Savory Institute that seeks to introduce and consolidate the use and understanding of Holistic Planned Grazing among the herders and communities of the Ider Soum in the Zavkhan Province of Mongolia.
The project kicked off in 2021 with Savory’s team working directly with herder families to restore degraded grasslands using Holistic Management, a human and nature-centered design and decision-making framework that results in socially sound, financially viable, and ecologically regenerative activities.
Through both virtual and in-person sessions, the Savory team has helped participants create Holistic Grazing Plans in addition to setting up land monitoring transects using Ecological Outcome Verification (EOV), an ecological monitoring protocol that tracks land health trends and informs ecologically-sound management decisions.
The majority of trainees and project participants are women herders, who are seen by community representatives as those leading the process to restore their grasslands and improve the management of their family herds. Through this project and others in development, Savory is aiming to regenerate 1 million hectares of Mongolia’s grasslands.
Video produced by Guillermo Fernandez.

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They are such a lovely people and culture. I'm thankful that you are participating in sharing good information about wise practices.

[@oceanwonders]

Wow. Beautiful

[@CRASSsk8s]

Steps in the right direction!🌾❤

[@WellGrazed]

Absolutely incredible. You have inspired me. I will become a master of this craft for the sake of generations. Thank you for what you do.

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Thank you❤

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[@AlpacaRenee]

Please explain what ADRA is? Love your videos.

[@SavoryInstitute]

ADRA is the Adventist Development Relief Agency. They are Savory's on-the-ground partner in Mongolia who has funded this project and brought us in to provide training, support, and EOV monitoring. Here is more about the project from ADRA's website: mongolia.adra.cloud/pasture-land-use-it-sustanably-plus-project/

[@AlpacaRenee]

@@SavoryInstitute thank you. Since I support many ADRA projects, I’d love it if you said or wrote a little bit about it in your presentation which might help ADRA raise more money to enable them to partner with more groups and projects like yours. Love the work you do and your content. It’s brilliant! Thank you.