Potential global benefits of the project
Thanks to the project the wood and bush vegetation on landslide prone slopes in Karakuldja district (the project site) will be rehabilitated. It was carried out through the stopping of grazing on 80 hectares (the protection fence was constructed), plantings of walnut, almonds saplings (10 000 saplings). Fast-growing willows and poplar saplings (8000 saplings) provide population by alternative sources of firewood and building materials. Saplings nursery creation (0.5 ha) allow making replanting instead of dried and damaged saplings and to refuse from buying saplings for the future plantings.
Link the practice of sustainable livelihoods to a GEF focal area
Existing demand for walnuts, wood, saplings, hay allows considering that activity under the project will be sustainable, due to economic interest of the population
Community driveness of the project
13 look after walnut saplings and 7 families for fast-growing saplings of willows and poplar. Local population with the big enthusiasm supported the decision to allocate land plot for implementing NGO. Nobody protested, that the pasture plot changed to plantation, though the cattle breeding is the basic source of the income for local population. More than 100 persons took part in plantings. The population actively participated in transportation of saplings. The road was eroded because of strong rains. The saplings were transported on horsebacks for distance of 15 km.

Capacity ?building component
The population is getting new skills on cultivation saplings and their sale. Implementing NGO gets experience on direct restoration of ecosystems, by direct landscape reconstruction. Implementing NGO gets experience in community resource mobilization to acquire new skill and professions.
Gender focus
There is not gender approach strongly expressed in the project, but a part of kinds of activity, (looking after saplings, processing of nuts) will be attractive to women.
Co-financing received
Co-financing from Public Foundation ?Eco-Oy? in cash is $, in kind is $.
The main kinds of co-finance were labor on saplings planting and labor of saplings transportation. The road was eroded because of strong rains. The saplings were transported on horsebacks for distance of 15 km.
Contribution of local authority (allocating plot) is explained by interesting in increasing rent payment for plot which will in the future not pasture but forestry territory.
Replication in other communities or regions
This project is appropriate for replicating in analogous geographic conditions countries but for it necessary to solve the plantings protection problem. There are no plans on up-scaling the project to a medium-sized GEF.
Links between this project and the overall GEF
Links between this project and the overall GEF follows from public awareness on global environment problems, their direct involvement to the endemic plantings protection and attempts to introduce new sustainable using of natural sources in compeer with primitive cattle-breeding.
Influence on government policy
There is no obvious influence on government policy on National level but the land allocated by local authority for project implementation is illustration of project influence on the local level.
Benefits achieved for/ by participants during implementation
Thanks to the project the wood and bush vegetation on landslide prone slopes in Karakuldja district (the project site) will be rehabilitated.
 Walnut plantation will restore the natural walnut forest belt. Natural walnut forest belt is unique ecosystem and at the same time is a habitat for some endemic species of flora and fauna Protection and conservation of walnut forest belt and endemic species is direct input to global biodiversity conservation.
 Implementing NGO is headed by the biologist. The list of flora and the fauna kinds that can be meeting on protected site was compiled during realization of the project. The local residents were noted all cases. This exercise allows increasing their level of knowledge of local flora and fauna. The following conclusions chain were emphasized at training seminars and propaganda actions, which will be held with invitation of population of neighboring villages
Products/services generated by the project
 Walnut, almonds saplings (10 000 saplings) were planted
 Fast-growing willows and a poplar saplings (8000 saplings ) were planted
 80 hectares were allocated to executive NGO
 Saplings nursery were created on 0.5 hectares
 20 families became owners of plots with saplings
Assessment of impact of project in the GEF focal area
Project corresponds to Operational Program 4 GEF/SGP ?Mountain Ecosystems? and provides biodiversity preservation through protection of allocated 80 hectares of land.
Policy influence
Tushunuk Ayil Okmotu (local authorities) gave to rent 80 hectares of land to PF ?Eco-Oy?.