An Annotated List of Mongolian Phytoparasitic Micromycetes
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Gender Guidelines to Be Distributed in All 330 Districts of Mongolia Pilot Study Supports National Roll-Out of Participatory Land Use Planning
Gender guidelines to be distributed in all 330 districts of Mongolia Pilot study supports national roll-out of participatory land use planning By Dr. Elizabeth Daley, Mr. Batsaikhan, J. and Ms. Lkhamdulam, N. Dr. Elizabeth Daley is Team Leader of the global WOLTS project and a Principal Consultant with MokoroLtd, a UK-based not-for-profit organisation; she also serves independently as a Board Member of the Land Portal Foundation. Mr. Batsaikhan, J., is Director of the Land Management Department of Mongolia’s Agency for Land Administration and Management, Geodesy and Cartography (ALAMGAC). Ms. Lkhamdulam, N., is Managing Director of the Mongolian NGO, People Centered Conservation (PCC). Sound, sustainable land management is critical to the long-term viability of Mongolia’s traditional herding way of life. And careful planning at local level, in a participatory and gender-inclusive way, is needed to underpin that. In August 2018, Mongolia’s Agency for Land Administration and Management, Geodesy and Cartography (ALAMGAC), embarked on a formal collaboration to develop ‘gender guidelines’ for such local planning processes with the Women’s Land Tenure Security project (WOLTS) of Mokoro Ltd (UK) and Mongolian project partner, People Centered Conservation (PCC). At that time, the WOLTS team was carrying out research on the intersection of gender, land, mining and pastoralism in several soums (districts) of Mongolia. One of these – Dalanjargalan (in Dornogobi aimag (region)) – was one of the first soums taking part in ALAMGAC’s national roll-out of broader guidelines for medium-term land © WOLTS Team management planning, using a participatory approach to natural resource mapping already developed by ALAMGAC. -
Land Use and Land Tenure in Mongolia: a Brief History and Current Issues Maria E
Land Use and Land Tenure in Mongolia: A Brief History and Current Issues Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship at Colorado State University. She received her PhD at the University of California, Berkeley in 1997 and has conducted research in Mongolia since 1993. Her current areas of research include pastoral development policy; community-based natural resource management; traditional and local ecological knowledge; and monitoring and adaptive management in rangeland ecosystems. strategies have not changed greatly; mobile and flexible grazing Abstract—This essay argues that an awareness of the historical relation- ships among land use, land tenure, and the political economy of Mongolia strategies adapted to cope with harsh and variable production is essential to understanding current pastoral land use patterns and policies conditions remain the cornerstone of Mongolian pastoralism. in Mongolia. Although pastoral land use patterns have altered over time in Similarly, although land tenure regimes have evolved towards response to the changing political economy, mobility and flexibility remain increasingly individuated tenure over pastoral resources, hallmarks of sustainable grazing in this harsh and variable climate, as do the communal use and management of pasturelands. Recent changes in Mongolia’s pasturelands continue to be held and managed as common political economy threaten the continued sustainability of Mongolian pastoral property resources in most locations, although these institutions systems due to increasing poverty and declining mobility among herders and have been greatly weakened in the past half century. The most the weakening of both formal and customary pasture management institu- recent changes in Mongolia’s political economy threaten the tions. -
2016/2017 Dzud Emergency Response, Mongolia Needs Assessment and Response Plan
2016/2017 Dzud Emergency Response, Mongolia Needs Assessment and Response Plan Photo: Regis Defurnaux, 2016 People in Need January 2017 LIST OF FIGURES 2 LIST OF ACRONYMS 2 GLOSSARY 2 INTRODUCTION 3 CONTEXT 3 ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY 5 CURRENT SITUATION 7 DORNOD PROVINCE 11 KHENTII PROVINCE 14 SUKHBAATAR PROVINCE 15 PIN RESPONSE PLAN 16 VULNERABILITY CRITERIA AND BENEFICIARY SELECTION PROCESS 16 1 ESTIMATES OF AFFECTED AND TARGET HOUSEHOLDS IN DORNOD, KHENTII AND SUKHBAATAR PROVINCES 17 AGRICULTURE 18 EARLY RECOVERY 21 COORDINATION & FUNDRAISING 22 UN CERF 22 UN HUMANITARIAN COUNTRY TEAM - AGRICULTURAL CLUSTER 22 ANNEXES 24 Annex 1. Data collection sheet 24 Annex 2: Beneficiary selection process 24 Annex 3: Photos 24 SOURCES 24 2016/2017 Dzud Emergency Response: Needs Assessment and Response Plan People in Need, January 2017 List of Figures FIGURE 1: DZUD CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ........................................................................................... 4 FIGURE 2: DATA COLLECTED DURING THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT ........................................................................... 6 FIGURE 3: INDICATORS SIGNALLING THE SEVERITY OF 2016/2017 DZUD COMPARED TO LAST YEAR .................. 7 FIGURE 4: SOUMS EVALUATED AS WITH DZUD IN DORNOD, KHENTII AND SUKHBAATAR PROVINCES .................. 9 FIGURE 5: COMPARISON OF DZUD SITUATION IN MONGOLIA IN DECEMBER 2016 AND JANUARY 2017 ............ 10 FIGURE 6: SOUMS IN DORNOD PROVINCE ........................................................................................................... -
Climate Change
This “Mongolia Second Assessment Report on Climate Change 2014” (MARCC 2014) has been developed and published by the Ministry of Environment and Green Development of Mongolia with financial support from the GIZ programme “Biodiversity and adaptation of key forest ecosystems to climate change”, which is being implemented in Mongolia on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. Copyright © 2014, Ministry of Environment and Green Development of Mongolia Editors-in-chief: Damdin Dagvadorj Zamba Batjargal Luvsan Natsagdorj Disclaimers This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part in any form for educational or non-profit services without special permission from the copyright holder, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. The Ministry of Environment and Green Development of Mongolia would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication that uses this publication as a source. No use of this publication may be made for resale or any other commercial purpose whatsoever without prior permission in writing from the Ministry of Environment and Green Development of Mongolia. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Figures . 3 List of Tables . .. 12 Abbreviations . 14 Units . 17 Foreword . 19 Preface . 22 1. Introduction. Batjargal Z. 27 1.1 Background information about the country . 33 1.2 Introductory information on the second assessment report-MARCC 2014 . 31 2. Climate change: observed changes and future projection . 37 2.1 Global climate change and its regional and local implications. Batjargal Z. 39 2.1.1 Observed global climate change as estimated within IPCC AR5 . 40 2.1.2 Temporary slowing down of the warming . 43 2.1.3 Driving factors of the global climate change . -
Tuul River Mongolia
HEALTHY RIVERS FOR ALL Tuul River Basin Report Card • 1 TUUL RIVER MONGOLIA BASIN HEALTH 2019 REPORT CARD Tuul River Basin Report Card • 2 TUUL RIVER BASIN: OVERVIEW The Tuul River headwaters begin in the Lower As of 2018, 1.45 million people were living within Khentii mountains of the Khan Khentii mountain the Tuul River basin, representing 46% of Mongolia’s range (48030’58.9” N, 108014’08.3” E). The river population, and more than 60% of the country’s flows southwest through the capital of Mongolia, GDP. Due to high levels of human migration into Ulaanbaatar, after which it eventually joins the the basin, land use change within the floodplains, Orkhon River in Orkhontuul soum where the Tuul lack of wastewater treatment within settled areas, River Basin ends (48056’55.1” N, 104047’53.2” E). The and gold mining in Zaamar soum of Tuv aimag and Orkhon River then joins the Selenge River to feed Burenkhangai soum of Bulgan aimag, the Tuul River Lake Baikal in the Russian Federation. The catchment has emerged as the most polluted river in Mongolia. area is approximately 50,000 km2, and the river itself These stressors, combined with a growing water is about 720 km long. Ulaanbaatar is approximately demand and changes in precipitation due to global 470 km upstream from where the Tuul River meets warming, have led to a scarcity of water and an the Orkhon River. interruption of river flow during the spring. The Tuul River basin includes a variety of landscapes Although much research has been conducted on the including mountain taiga and forest steppe in water quality and quantity of the Tuul River, there is the upper catchment, and predominantly steppe no uniform or consistent assessment on the state downstream of Ulaanbaatar City. -
MONGOLIA: Systematic Country Diagnostic Public Disclosure Authorized
MONGOLIA: Systematic Country Diagnostic Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Acknowledgements This Mongolia Strategic Country Diagnostic was led by Samuel Freije-Rodríguez (lead economist, GPV02) and Tuyen Nguyen (resident representative, IFC Mongolia). The following World Bank Group experts participated in different stages of the production of this diagnostics by providing data, analytical briefs, revisions to several versions of the document, as well as participating in several internal and external seminars: Rabia Ali (senior economist, GED02), Anar Aliyev (corporate governance officer, CESEA), Indra Baatarkhuu (communications associate, EAPEC), Erdene Badarch (operations officer, GSU02), Julie M. Bayking (investment officer, CASPE), Davaadalai Batsuuri (economist, GMTP1), Batmunkh Batbold (senior financial sector specialist, GFCP1), Eileen Burke (senior water resources management specialist, GWA02), Burmaa Chadraaval (investment officer, CM4P4), Yang Chen (urban transport specialist, GTD10), Tungalag Chuluun (senior social protection specialist, GSP02), Badamchimeg Dondog (public sector specialist, GGOEA), Jigjidmaa Dugeree (senior private sector specialist, GMTIP), Bolormaa Enkhbat (WBG analyst, GCCSO), Nicolaus von der Goltz (senior country officer, EACCF), Peter Johansen (senior energy specialist, GEE09), Julian Latimer (senior economist, GMTP1), Ulle Lohmus (senior financial sector specialist, GFCPN), Sitaramachandra Machiraju (senior agribusiness specialist, -
Southeast Gobi Urban and Border Town Development Project
Report and Recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors Project Number: 42184-027 Loan Number: 3388-MON September 2018 Proposed Loan for Additional Financing Mongolia: Southeast Gobi Urban and Border Town Development Project Distribution of this document is restricted until it has been approved by the Board of Directors. Following such approval, ADB will disclose the document to the public in accordance with ADB's Public Communications Policy 2011. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 23 August 2018) Currency unit – togrog (MNT) MNT1.00 = $0.000405 $1.00 = MNT2,467.00 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank IFAS – integrated fixed-film activated sludge m3 – cubic meter MCUD – Ministry of Construction and Urban Development PAM – project administration manual PMU – project management unit PUSO – public utility service organization SGAP – social and gender action plan TA – technical assistance WWTP – wastewater treatment plant GLOSSARY aimag – provincial administrative unit aimag center – aimag capital ger – traditional felt tent khural – citizens' representative committee soum – administrative subunit of aimag NOTE In this report, "$" refers to United States dollars. Vice-President Stephen Groff, Operations 2 Director General Amy S.P. Leung, East Asia Department (EARD) Director Sangay Penjor, Urban and Social Sectors Division, EARD Team leader Antonio Ressano Garcia, Principal Urban Development Specialist, EARD Deputy team leader Tuul Badarch, Senior Project Officer (Infrastructure), EARD Team members Baurzhan Konysbayev, Principal -
Millennium Challenge Account of Mongolia (MCA-M) Property Rights Project (PRP) Registry Systems Process Study Baseline Report
Millennium Challenge Account of Mongolia (MCA-M) Property Rights Project (PRP) Registry Systems Process Study Baseline Report Prepared by: Innovations for Poverty Action October 2014 Contents i. List of Acronyms ................................................................................................................. ii ii. Executive Summary ............................................................................................................ iii I. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 4 II. Project Background .............................................................................................................. 5 A. Overview of Project Components and Activities ............................................................. 5 B. Project Sub-Activities for Institutional Strengthening ..................................................... 8 1. Evaluation of Legislative and Institutional Barriers ..................................................... 8 2. Upgrading Geospatial Infrastructure .......................................................................... 12 3. Capacity Building for Land Offices ........................................................................... 13 4. Upgrading Registry Offices ........................................................................................ 13 C. Project Logic ................................................................................................................. -
Mongolia By: Ms.Gereltuya Bat-Ulzii Senior Officer, Barcode & Logistics Division Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mongolia By: Ms.Gereltuya Bat-Ulzii Senior officer, Barcode & Logistics Division Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mongolia trade & transport sector In 2011 Economic growth rapidly increased up to 17.3 percent Transport, Storage & Comm Mining Construction Wholesale & Retail Trade Manufacturing Other Services Residual Agriculture GDP 20 GDP Growth accelerated to an 15 unprecedented 10 17.3 percent in 5 2011 0 -5 -10 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Mongolia trade & transport sector Trade deficit reached record level (US $ 1.7 bn in December 2011) as imports of mining-related equipment and fuel imports have surged. 7,000 500 Exports Imports 6,000 Trade balance (right axis) 0 5,000 -500 4,000 3,000 -1000 2,000 -1500 1,000 0 -2000 Dec-05 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-08 Dec-09 Dec-10 Dec-11 Mongolia trade & transport sector Exports are grown as well, reaching Export grow supported almost US $4.8 bn in December 2011 entirely by coal shipments to December from US$ 2.9 bn a year China. ago 160% Other 190% Other Greasy cashmere China Coal Gold 120% Copper concentrate Total Russia 140% 80% Total 40% 90% 0% 40% -40% -80% -10% -60% 06-09 08-09 10-09 12-09 02-10 04-10 06-10 08-10 10-10 12-10 Dec-09 Jun-10 Dec-10 Jun-11 Dec-11 Mongolia trade & transport sector Total length of the country’s road network is 98.123 thousand km including international, state and local government roads. -
Severe Winter
Information bulletin Mongolia: Severe winter Glide number: CW-2020-000004-MNG Date of issue: 23 January 2020 Date of disaster: Ongoing from 2 January 2020 Point of contact: Munguntuya Sharavnyambuu, Disaster Management Programme Manager Operation start date: N/A Expected timeframe: N/A Category of disaster: Yellow Host National Society: Mongolian Red Cross Society Number of people affected: 22,000 approx. Number of people to be assisted: TBC N° of National Societies currently involved in the operation (if available and relevant): N/A N° of other partner organizations involved in the operation (if available and relevant): N/A This bulletin is being issued for information and reflects the current situation and details available at this time. The Mongolian Red Cross Society (MRCS), with the support of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), will seek funding through DREF activation to provide support to the affected population. <click here for detailed contact information> The situation Pastoral herding is still common in Mongolia and many people herd livestock for their living. It could be challenging to herd livestock in Mongolia where harsh climate dominates. Mongolian herdsman experience dzud1 which is unique to pastoral communities in Central and East Asia and can be caused by a combination of summer drought, heavy snowfall, and high winds in concurrence with extremely low winter temperatures which combine to cause unsustainable conditions for animal survival. As stated by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring (NAMEM) on 12 January 2020, over 70 per cent of the country is covered by 10-30 cm snow layer and 41 soums2 out of nine provinces in white dzud3 condition while 51 soums out of 16 provinces (Table 1) are near white dzud4. -
PDF Altai-Sayan Ecoregion Conservation Strategy
Altai-Sayan Ecoregion Conservation Strategy FINAL DRAFT VERSION, approved by the Altai-Sayan Steering Committee on 29 June 2012, considering the amendments and comments made during the teleconference of 29 June 2012, as described in the meetings notes of that meeting COLOFON Altai-Sayan Ecoregion Conservation Strategy Full Version © WWF, July 2012 Cover photo: Desert steppe Tuva region (Hartmut Jungius/ WWF-Canon) ii Table of Contents Contribution to WWF Global Conservation Programme .................................................................................................................. 1 Abbreviations .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 1- Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 2- Outlining the Altai-Sayan Ecoregion ............................................................................................................................................. 9 2.1 Background ................................................................................................................................................................................ -
Structure‐Geomorphological Districts of Mongolia
THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY RESEARCH Vol. 21, No. 2, p. 19-22 (December. 2007) Structure‐Geomorphological Districts of Mongolia Khukhuudei Ulambadrakh Faculty of Geosciences, National University of Mongolia 1. Introduction and method geomorphological districts in territory of Mongolia have a few, but have been observed the lack. Structure geomorphological districts of any territory Principle to making of boundary of morphostructural distinguish evident that based on its geological structure, district hasn’t in use, but, in most cases, based on figures depth structure and paleogeography. of altitude in relief, making morphometric analysis. Structure geomorphology or morphostructural study Boundaries of morphostructural districts are encountered that is to make the accurate link of mentioned features with faults, although district is divided to blocks. Each based on and defined as “morphostructure is geological blocks have feature to geological and tectonic structure, and tectonic structure which formed endogenous process depth structure and morphology. and re‐changed exogenous process “by I.P.Gerasimov This paper is not aimed at entering a description and Yu.V.Mescheryakov, Russian scientists, in 1965. of physical geography to each blocks, and determined Scientific papers that touched on dividing in to structure‐ a just morphostructural description. Fig. 1. Schematic map for geomorphological districts of Mongolia (by N.A.Florensov and S.S.Korjuev, 1982) - 19 - Structure‐Geomorphological Districts of Mongolia 2. Structure‐geomorphological districts Mongolian Altay macroblock. Mongolian Altay is mountain range located in western part of Mongolia Morphostructurally, Mongolia is divided into several and separated by Pre‐Altay deep‐seated fault in the east different blocks including 2 megablocks and 13 macro- from Basin of Great Lakes and Bulgan deep‐seated fault blocks related from region to local for terminology.