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Capacity Building to Combat Land Degradation

The Capacity Building to Combat Land Degradation Project is ADB's first project under the PRC-GEF Partnership. It will strengthen the enabling environment, and build implementation capacity, for future investment projects. It was approved by the GEF Council and ADB Board in June 2004, for $13.8 million by GEF ($7.7 million) and the Government counterpart funds; in addition, an ADB TA of $1 million and $0.2 million of ADB/Government counterpart funding has been provided, to support project implementation. The total package amounts to $15 million. The Capacity Building to Combat Land Degradation Project currently covers six Provinces/Regions with a combined population of approximately 120 million people. The current participating Provinces/Regions include; Shaanxi Province, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Gansu Province, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province.

This project involves a team of international and domestic Consultants who work with a Project Management Team to achieve the Project's Objectives

• Capacity Building to Combat Land Degradation - TA 4537(G), June 2004
• Support Implementation of Capacity Building to Combat Land Degradation - TA 4358, June 2004

To view the progress of this project, please visit the Project Management Office* for updates. To view ADB’s other activities in the PRC, please visit the Resident Mission of the ADB in the PRC.

View the most recent events under the Project here.

Project Consultants

The Capacity Building to Combat Land Degradation Project is managed by a team of International and Chinese Experts which include;

• Bruce Carrad, Chief of the Environment and Agriculture Unit
• Zhou Yaozhou, Senior Project Officer of the Environment and Agriculture Unit
• Dr. Niu Zhiming, China Specialist on Land Degradation and the Environment
• Dr. Malcolm Douglas, International Specialist on Land Degradation Planning and Assessment
• Dr. Ian Hannam, International Specialist on Environmental Law and Policy
• Dr. Du Qun, China Specialist on Environmental and Natural Resource Law
• Dr. Zuo Ting, China Specialist on Participatory Planning and Institutions
• Jason Chai, Research Assistant on Environmental Law
• Sherry Li, Administrative Assistant for the Environment and Agriculture Unit

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Project Management Office

The Project Management Office staff are;

• Zhang Weidong, Project Manager
• Wang Hong, Vice Project Manager
• Zhuang Cun Yan, Project Officer
• Shen Xin (Cindy), Project Officer
• Peng Xiao Xue, Project Officer

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Objectives

Implementation commenced in July 2004, with its initial focus for each Province/Region being to;

1. prepare its own strategic plan for land degradation control, using an IEM approach;
2. review the policy and legislative/regulatory conditions for land degradation control;
3. strengthen national and provincial coordination and improve operational arrangements at provincial and county levels;
4. support capacity for future Integrated Ecosystem Management investment projects which include the Qinling Mountains Integrated Ecosystem Management Project and the Ningxia Yinchuan Integrated Ecosystem Management Project;
5. examine ways of improving and coordinating existing monitoring and evaluation systems for land degradation; and
6. support project implementation.

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