Expected outcomes:

 The project will demonstrate that desertified rangelands can be cost-effectively reclaimed by and for the benefit of the local people and that there is a significant potential to sequestrate carbon in plants and soil in these areas for overall global benefit. The lessons drawn in true collaborative rehabilitation and management of natural resources could be applied in similar places in Iran and even in other countries with similar conditions.

In summary, the project could result in the following outcomes:

 The project will demonstrate that desertified rangelands can be cost-effectively reclaimed by and for the benefit of the local people and that there is a significant potential to sequestrate carbon in plants and soil in these areas for overall global benefit. The lessons drawn in true collaborative rehabilitation and management of natural resources could be applied in similar places in Iran and even in other countries with similar conditions.

In summary, the project could result in the following outcomes:

Self-assisted human development and a strengthening of the social and economic conditions of the local resident and pastoral communities through the rehabilitation of degraded rangelands and their sustainable management as well as through other sustainable livelihood approaches. Replication of this initiative in other semi-arid/rangeland areas throughout the country and in similar areas elsewhere and, therefore, more productive and sustainable use of degraded areas and the potential to increase the nation-wide carbon sequestration and bio diversity conservation. Integrated and sustainable sub-watershed level development model suitable for Iran and other countries having similar conditions