Project management:
Organized two SSC meetings in which discussed the project
implementation, study results of the 2002 activities, synthesis report of 2002, and work plan
for 2003 activities.
Planed national workshop have not been held due to local circumstances and postponed until
September.
Project implementation:
Research activities have been divided into three main groups. The
first group is working on sensitivity vulnerability analysis on natural resources such as water
resources, snow cover, permafrost and pasture capacity and livestock. This group also is
preparing input attribute data for vulnerability maps on study sectors. The second group
analyzed the last summer field survey results of western Mongolia and some economic issues
for Vulnerability of the ecosystem to climate change. The third group is completed the case
study on drought occurred in 2002 summer. |