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.

• Developing guidelines for the Savings Book Approach.
• Supporting the development of private afforestation strategies.
• Conducting restoration Opportunities Assessments (ROAM).
• Supporting the development of the forest landscape restoration initiatives.
• Reviewing analysis and policy brief on economic valuation of land resources and ecosystem services.
• Developing Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) proposals.