Safeguarding Important Areas of Natural Habitat in Mongolia alongside Economic Development

As market reforms to the Mongolian economy continue and the country enjoys rapid economic growth, the environment has entered a period of unprecedented pressure. Mining, infrastructure development and tourism development, in particular, are undergo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	BirdLife Asia
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURE AIR POLLUTION ANIMAL ANIMAL PRODUCTS ARID ENVIRONMENTS ARTISANAL MINING BASIN BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY IMPORTANCE BIODIVERSITY VALUE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGY BIOSPHERE BIOSPHERE RESERVE BIOSPHERE RESERVES BIRD BIRD AREA BIRD AREAS BIRD CONSERVATION BIRDS BOREAL FOREST BOREAL FORESTS BREEDING BUFFER ZONES CAMP LOCATIONS CLASSIFICATION COAL COAL MINING COAST COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSERVANCY CONSERVATION CONSERVATION AREA CONSERVATION CENTER CONSERVATION CONCERN CONSERVATION OF NATURE CONSERVATION SCIENCE CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS CORE AREA CORE AREAS CORRIDORS CRANE CRANE SPECIES CRITICAL NATURAL HABITAT CRITICAL NATURAL HABITATS CULTURAL RESOURCES DATA DEFICIENT SPECIES DATA SETS DATA SOURCES DEER DRAINAGE ECOLOGICAL CHANGES ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE ECOLOGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC VALUES ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM GOODS ECOSYSTEMS ELEVATIONS EMISSIONS ENDANGERED SPECIES ENDEMIC BIRD AREA ENDEMISM ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RISK EROSION EXPOSURE EXTINCTION EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES FAUNA FIELD WORK FISH FLORA FOOD SOURCE FOREST HABITATS FORESTRY FORESTS FRAGMENTATION FRESHWATER FRESHWATER FISH GENETIC GENETIC VARIATION GIS GLOBALLY IMPORTANT BIODIVERSITY GLOBALLY IMPORTANT POPULATIONS GLOBALLY IMPORTANT SITES GOLD MINING GRASSLAND GRASSLAND STEPPE GRASSLANDS HABITAT CONSERVATION HABITAT DEGRADATION HABITAT LOSS HABITAT REMAINS HABITAT REQUIREMENTS HUMAN DISTURBANCE HUMAN FOOTPRINT HUMAN POPULATION HUMAN USE HUNTING IMPOUNDMENT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES LAKE LAKES LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPES LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK NUMBERS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOGGING MARINE FISHERIES METALS MIGRATORY SPECIES MINERAL DEPOSITS MINERAL EXPLORATION MINES MINING AREA MINING LICENCES MINING OPERATIONS MITIGATION MOUNDS MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL PARKS NATIONAL SCALE NATURAL CONDITIONS NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS NATURAL FEATURES NATURAL HABITAT NATURAL HABITATS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL SITES NATURAL WEALTH NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITE NATURE CONSERVATION NATURE RESERVE NATURE RESERVES NEGATIVE IMPACTS NESTING NOMADIC HERDERS OVERGRAZING PASTURES PETROLEUM POLLINATION PRESERVATION PROTECTED AREAS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION RANGES RECLAMATION RED LIST RENEWABLE RESOURCES RESOURCE USE RESTORATION RIVER RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT ROAD DEVELOPMENT ROADS SACRED GROVES SAFETY NET SEABIRD SEABIRD SPECIES SEABIRDS SNAILS SPECIES RICHNESS STEPPE HABITATS STREAMS SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE USE SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY TAIGA TAXONOMIC GROUPS THREATENED SPECIES THREATENED WILDLIFE THRESHOLDS TOUR OPERATORS TOURISM TOURISM DEVELOPMENT VEGETATION WATER BIRDS WATER POLLUTION WATERFOWL WATERFOWL HABITAT WEALTH WET GRASSLANDS WETLAND WETLAND VEGETATION WETLANDS WILDLIFE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION WILDLIFE POPULATIONS WILDLIFE SERVICE WILDLIFE SPECIES WILDLIFE TRADE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/393891468062335148/Safeguarding-important-areas-of-natural-habitat-in-Mongolia-alongside-economic-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28253

Description
Summary:	As market reforms to the Mongolian economy continue and the country enjoys rapid economic growth, the environment has entered a period of unprecedented pressure. Mining, infrastructure development and tourism development, in particular, are undergoing rapid expansion, and all pose risks to Mongolia's globally important biodiversity. In order to strengthen its safeguard review process in Mongolia, specifically implementation of its operational policy on natural habitats, the World Bank contracted Birdlife Asia to identify important areas of natural habitat in the country, and assess the extent to which these areas overlap with development plans. Birdlife Asia undertook this study in close collaboration with the Wildlife Science and Conservation Center (WSCC) of Mongolia. The study looked at the extent of overlap between sites of conservation importance on the one hand, and mining licenses, major infrastructure plans, and tourist camp locations on the other. It determined the scale of overlap at the national level, provided a strategic overview of potential impacts, and identified particular sites where there is cause for concern. Recommendations were made for how environmental issues arising might be addressed, including examples of guidance and best practice from outside of Mongolia.

Safeguarding Important Areas of Natural Habitat in Mongolia alongside Economic Development

Similar Items