Mongolia’s Environment: Implications for ADB’s Operations
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Publication Date: October 2002
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The Report contains a broad review of the current environmental status of Mongolia and the emerging trends as a basis for formulating recommendations for future ADB - Government of Mongolia cooperation in the environmental domain.
Among the environmental consequences of the dismantling of the old economy and the subsequent pattern of economic transition in Mongolia have been
- return to land and increasing pressure on the country’s commons
- temporary worsening of prospects for solution to environmental problems that rely on cost recovery
- reduced pollution discharges by industrial entities being offset by reduced treatment and deterioration of urban environmental services
- enhanced prospects for eco-tourism, but also more illegal exports of wildlife products
- steady flow of overseas development assistance, some of it environment-oriented
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Executive Summary
Introduction
Environmental Repercussions of Economic Transition
The New Development Philosophy and the Environment
Mongolian Specifics: The Tyranny of Distances and the Role of History
Mongolia’s Environment: Main Environmental Concerns and Recent Trends
- Land Degradation: The Tragedy of the Commons?
Conservation of Biological Resources and the Key Ecosystems
Urbanization and Emerging Priorities in Urban Environmental Management
Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy
Policy Developments in Mongolia’s Environmental Management
Formulation of Priorities and Policies: From NEAP to MAP and Beyond
Legislative and Regulatory Development
EIA, Environmental Standards, and Pollution Control
Pricing of Natural Resources and Incentive-Based Approaches to Environmental Management
Institutional Aspects
Financing of Environmental Management
Environmental Public Awareness and the Role of NGOs
Development Assistance Activities in Mongolia’s Environment
- Current and Planned Donor-Financed Activities in Mongolia
Learning from ADB’s and Others’ Experience
ADB’s Country Strategy and Program: Linking Poverty Alleviation to Environmental Concerns
- Scale of ADB Operations and Its Place in Development Assistance to Mongolia
Linking Poverty Alleviation to Environmental Concerns
ADB-GEF Partnership for Mongolia and Its Programming Consequences
Regional Activities
Recommendations
- Existing TA and Loan Pipeline and Its Potential “Greening”
Pursuit of ADB-GEF Partnership, Formulation of Suitable Candidate Projects
Facilitating Mongolia’s Greater Participation in Regional Environmental Initiatives
References
Appendixes
This publication was prepared by staff and consultants of the Asian Development Bank. The analyses and
assessments contained herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Asian Development Bank or its Board of
Directors or the governments they represent.
The Asian Development Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts
no responsibility for any consequences for their use.
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