Reforestation & agroforestryEarly stage
Grassland Carbon Restoration Project (ADB pilot)
A pilot launched by the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar in December 2025, aiming to generate carbon credits from improved livestock grazing and grassland management.
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Mongolian steppe. Location context only; not a photograph of project implementation.Location context · Jyper at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0 · 2007 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorAsian Development Bank, with the Government of Mongolia
EcosystemRangeland/grassland
Standardnone yet (pilot explicitly aims toward international carbon crediting standards)
StatusEarly stage
LocationNational (rangelands), Mongolia
Overview
Inside the project
The pilot aims to quantify rangeland carbon-sequestration potential, restore degraded land, and build systems for benefit-sharing with traditional herding communities.
It is explicitly framed as a step toward Mongolia's future participation in international carbon markets, not yet a credited project.
Objectives
- Generate carbon credits from improved livestock grazing and grassland management
- Quantify rangeland carbon-sequestration potential
- Build benefit-sharing mechanisms with traditional herding communities
Approach
- A pilot exploring carbon crediting for improved grazing and livestock management, run jointly with the Government of Mongolia.
Sources
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- adb.org ↗https://www.adb.org/news/adb-pilots-project-restore-mongolia-grassland-support-carbon-market-readiness
Documented by one public source so far.
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