Echoing Steppe

To protect northern grasslands and nomadic culture through advocating and sharing information on the internet.

Goals

To raise awareness among herdsmen about protecting grassland ecosystem by taking advantage of our language skills, publishing legal manuals and typical cases in both Chinese and Mongolian.

Major Projects

• 2001-2014, Translated and published about 80,000 legal handbooks in Chinese and Mongolian;
• 2005-2007, Desertification Control Project in the grassland areas of Inner Mongolian;
• 2008-2009, Investigation on the causes of Wulagai Wetland;
• 2004-2014, Help register and providing certificate of collective land ownership.

Major Achievements

SEE Eco Award in 2005,2007 and 2009.

Major Funders

Private Donation, SEE Foundation, The Asia Foundation

Major Partners

Friends of Nature, Taliinhan Association of Environmental Protection, Mongolian Son of Nature Association of Environmental Protection.

Distinctions

• Building non-profit websites;
• Publishing legal documents and cases;
• Advocating formal registration of collective land ownership;
• Protecting grassland eco-system and nomadic culture.