Bulgamaa Densambuu (left) with the 2007 fellows and the programme staff
Bulgamaa Densambuu from Mongolia was in the first group of fellows
participating in the LRT programme in 2007. She is currently the head of the Research and Technology Department at the Mongolian Society for Range
Management (MSRM) and is starting her post doctoral program at the New Mexico University, NM, USA. Bulgamaa says that the LRT training was a great opportunity that gave her a better
understanding of the importance of capacity building in the field of land management in Mongolia.
Since attending the programme in Iceland, Bulgamaa has worked towards
integrating research and knowledge transfer to local people, directly applying experience and knowledge she accumulated during the LRT programme. She
coordinates several projects at the MSRM. One is the creation of a nationwide network of institutions with the aim to enhance flow of data and information
on rangeland health in order to improve decision-making at the policy level. Another project she oversees is how to transfer knowledge, gathered
from previous projects on rangeland rehabilitation, to herders and other rangeland-user
groups.
Bulgamaa Densambuu has participated in several international conferences since returning from Iceland, such as the annual meeting of the Society of Range Management (SRM) held in Albuquerque, USA, in
2009. She plans to attend the International Rangeland Congress (IRC) in Argentina next April, where she will present a poster titled: Degradation: role of overgrazing and measures for recovery.
