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1792 hectare area was forested

Forestry work was intensively carried out in Tuv aimag. Forestry farms were established in Bayantsogt, Bornuur, Bayanchandmani, Erdene, Tseel, Delgerkhaan, Mungunmorit and Sumber soums and six companies planted over 4 million trees. In other word, total forested area reaches 1792 hectare. Also Zuunmod and Tseel soums created fruit farms and 1.5 hectare area was planted for raspberry and blueberry in Zuunmod and 4 hectares for fruit in Tseel soum.

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Water protectionists summoned in Mongolia

Mongolia is one of the 20 countries where the drinking water reserve is low. Water consumption of Mongolia was 200 million cubic meters in 1970s, but it reached 400 million now. But 237.2 million cubic meter drinking water is used for industrial purpose and population consumption is 71.35 cubic meters. Also technical report was grated to 70 entities in 13 aimags and these entities will use 104.2 million cubic meters drinking water. 4.58% of it is surface water and 95.42% is artesian water. (more…)

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Mongolia is to count its population with 13.4 billion MNT

Mongolia counts its livestock every year, but does the first time since 2000. In year 2000, the Mongolian population was 2,372,493. Between 1989-2000, the population growth rate was 1.4%. The numbers of Civil Registration Center and National Statistics Committee has difference. One says 2.5 million and another says 2.7 million. It is also unclear that how much of the population is living in Ulaanbaatar. (more…)

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AIDS record hits 46

AIDS first recorded in Mongolia in 1996 and reached 46 as of September 8, 2008. Mostly reproductive age generation is committed to HIV/AIDS. Mongolia is listed among countries where HIV occurrence is low, however it has high risk. Unemployment, poverty and migration among the population are high. AIDS occurrences do not fall down because Mongols visit to China and Russia where occurrence number goes up.

In order to assess these complex issues in the Asia Pacific region, the second regional consultative meeting on universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support took place in Manila 26-28 August 2008. Ten Mongolian scientists participated in the meeting. They are going to mobilize related ministries in order to keep the fund adequate for HIV/AIDS prevention and protection. Also they discussed to insert diagnosis and treat HIV/AIDS without any charges in the curriculum of secondary education institutions.

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Badar-Uugan Enkhbat, won his Olympic Gold Medal!

Badar-Uugan Enkhbat, won his Olympic Gold Medal beating Yankiel Leon Alarcon, a Cuban boxer. It is the first ever gold medal of Mongolia in Boxing and the second gold medal of the Mongolian Olympic squad in Beijing 2008.

He grabbed gold medal from a Cuban boxer, winning by 16:5! Placing Mongolia in the 30th in medal count list of the Olympics Games!

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Serdamba.P, a Mongolian boxer, won Olympic silver!

Serdamba.P, a Mongolian boxer, won his Olympic silver. He suffered from the shoulder injury a month ago before the Olympics Games. Shortly after the beginning of the gold medal bout, he has to end his gold medal ambition, because of the shoulder injury. It was so pity to end his gold medal bout without fighting.

However, Mongolia has its second silver.

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Badar-Uugan Enkhbat, a Mongolian boxer, changed his Olympic medal color for Silver!

Badar-Uugan Enkhbat, a Mongolian boxer, who secured his Olympic Bronze in his pocket, is ambitious to win his Olympic silver from a Moldavian boxer, Gojan Veaceslav. He won 3:0 fro the first round, 6:1 for the second, 2:1 for the third, and 4:0 for the forth and totaling 15:2.

He is ready for his next bout against for Yankiel Leon Alarcon, a Cuban boxer, for gold medal. The gold medal bout is at 14.16 (Beijing/local time) 24 August 2008.

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Serdamba Purevdorj, a Mongolian boxer, secured his next medal, Silver!

Serdamba Purevdorj, a Mongolian boxer, who secured his Olympic Bronze in his pocket, is ambitious to win his Olympic silver from a Cuban Boxer, Hernandez G Yampier. He tied by 8:8 and won by judge’s decision.

He is ready for his next bout against for Zou Shiming, a Chinese boxer, for gold medal. The gold medal bout is at 13.30 (Beijing/local time) 24 August 2008.

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Mongolia praised for its lower child deaths

www.kuwaittimes.net writes that,

NEW DELHI: More than 2 million children under the age of 5 are dying every year in India because of a lack of basic care despite the country’s rapid economic growth, the United Nations said yesterday. The report by the UN Children’s Fund focused on the Asia-Pacific region but singled out India - home to 20 percent of the world’s children under 5. It also warned that rising inequality between the rich and poor risked undermining gains made in other countries of the region.

While India has made steady progress in recent years, it’s “not nearly enough,” said UNICEF regional director Daniel Toole, calling on the government to invest significantly more money on health services. Officials from India’s Health Ministry and the Women and Child Welfare Ministry were not immediately available for comment. In 2006, the last year for which there are full figures, some 2.1 million children under 5, or 76 children per 1,000 live births, died in India, the report said. Much of this was ca
used by rampant malnutrition among mothers and children and resources not reaching the poorest segments of the population, it said. (more…)

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