Field Trip to FFI CGP Sites

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Inside this issue:

1. Trip Objectives

2. Outputs of Visits

3. Talks with Rari Community

4. Visits to Yushu Partners

5. Meeting Other Partners

6. Route on the Plateau

FFI CGP by the Jinsha Viver

Trip Objectives:

● To monitor the activities of CGP sties and to evaluate the completed

activities;

● To have a dialogue with partners on their future plan, seeking poten-

tial cooperation;

● To collect data from CGP sites;

● To visit some potential partners;

Outputs of Visits:

1. Baseline survey data collected from Rari community and develop-

ment of the 4thannual plan for Rari community;

2. Baseline survey data collected from Jiasong community and develop-

ment of the 4thannual plan for the community;

3. Baseline survey data collected from Maozhuang community and de-

velopment of the 4thannual plan for the community;

4. A plan for setting up a cooperative in Marong community and base-

line survey data collected from the community;

FFI CGP team took a field trip to the project sites located in Tibetan com-

munities on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in June, 2011. Through this trip, we ob-

served one of the most visible changes with CGP local partners was im-

provement of their capacity of project management and abilities to analyze

problems and design action plans. Local communities actively participated

in meetings and discussions to analyze problems and design feasible action

plans to solve rangeland and livelihood problems within the communities.

This change will be a guarantee for local herders to cope with the various

changes of the rangeland and the influx of modern economy.

CGP team paid a visit to Rari community, Ganzi Prefecture. A series of meetings

were held with our local partners. The visit to Rari community resulted in

development of an action plan with 9 proposed activities.

Talks with Rari Community

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The 9 Proposed activities at the meeting:

1. To set up a market chain in Rari community;

2. To establish a vegetable plantation base(greenhouse)

3. To train veterinarians

4. To improve the quality of livestock

5. To preserve cultural relics

6. To produce traditional Tibetan garments

7. To organize a training in motor bikes repairing

8. To start a toufu-making workshop

9. To control the damage of picas through traditional method

CGP team meets with partners of Rari community.

Visits to Yushu Partners

Yushu is second leg of our field trip. The road to Yushu is bumpy,

winding, and sometimes dangerous. We finally arrived at Yushu at

night, receiving hospitality from our partners. We stayed overnight in

a tent, legacy of the devastating earthquake just over one year ago.

We discussed with our partners, and came up with a series of pro-

posed activities.

1. A training (awareness-raising) on grassland ecosystem

and laws on grassland.

2. Awareness-raising workshop on conservation of Nyegya

Wetland and rational utilization of herbs on the grassland

3. To find and designate a local of Yushu to coordinate lo-

cal activities

4. To organize a training in winter forage storage skills

5. To promote joint-herding animal husbandry

6. To organize trainings for veterinarians

7. To set up Charong Community Service Center, where

livestock products and handicrafts are made and sold

8. To organize trainings in Cooperative Management for

herders

9. A workshop on traditional grazing in Yushu grazing

10. To organize a handicrafts market survey with the coop-

erative members

11. To organize trainings in handcraftsmanship

12. To set up a food distribution station(center)

13. To design bags, for caterpillar fungus collectors, carrying

conservation slogans

14. Conservation of Nyegyal Wetland-phase two.

Wish a bright and colorful tomorrow of Yushu CGP team discusses with Yushu partners.

Overnight in a tent

FFI CGP field trip route

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Visits to handicrafts workshops

“One green leaf” project site-a local school

CGP team talks to partners of Jiasong community.

Meeting Other Partners