Framework Contract: Sustainable Land Use Central Asia

Central Asian countries experience increasing overexploitation of forest and pasture resources, consequently leading to soil degradation and a decrease in biodiversity. These problems are accelerated by climate change. In order to move towards more integrative land use, GIZ contracted UNIQUE to provide long-term coherent, and flexible technical advisory services to the Regional Programme for Sustainable and Climate Sensitive Land Use for Economic Development in Central Asia (SUSTAIN-CA). The specific advice provided by UNIQUE for this project involved financial instruments, national sector reforms, economic valuation, forest landscape restoration and proposal development at national and regional levels.