Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category

• The package law on Land is discussed

  Mar 25, 13 • 25 Views • Environment, Government, News • Urjee • No Comments

  The parliamentary Standing committee on environment, food and agriculture has started discussing a draft new wording of the package law on land. The Constitution (1992) states that foreign citizens, legal persons and stateless persons may lease land for a...

• Mongolia to host UN World Environment Day 2013

  Feb 26, 13 • 45 Views • Business, Environment, Government, News • Urjee • No Comments

  Mongolia will host this year’s World Environment Day (WED) celebration on 5 June, which will focus on reducing food waste and loss, the United Nations announced today. The Asian nation was chosen for its efforts to shift towards a green economy in its...

• New regulations to prohibit smoking in public places

  Jan 25, 13 • 8 Views • Environment, Government, Health, Laws, News • Urjee • 1 Comment

  According the amendments made to the Tobacco Control Law of Mongolia in October 2012, smoking will be banned in all public areas, including bars, restaurants, office buildings, playgrounds, parks, trains, airport and train stations, and apartment stairwells...

• Japan and Mongolia signed an agreement concerning JCM

  Jan 18, 13 • 3 Views • Business, Economy, Environment, Government, News • Urjee • No Comments

  Japan and Mongolia has signed a bilateral agreement to offset emissions using Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM). The agreement will promote investment and deployment of low carbon technologies, products, systems, services and infrastructure to achieve low...

• Efforts to save Gobi Bear underway

  Jan 16, 13 • 4 Views • Environment, Government, News, Science • Urjee • No Comments

  The Ministry of Environment and Green Development (MEGD) of Mongolia designated 2013 as “Year of Protecting Gobi Bear”, a critically endangered species in the country. Called as ‘mazaalai’ in Mongolian, it is a subspecies of the brown bear,...

• Mongolia ranked 100th at the Global Energy Index

  Dec 18, 12 • 3 Views • Energy, Environment, Infrastructure, News • Urjee • No Comments

  The World Economic Forum in collaboration with Accenture and a panel of experts have developed an Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI). The EAPI benchmarks and ranks 105 countries globally on how well their energy system delivers economic growth and...

• Mongolians to adapt Filipino technology to combat air pollution

  Nov 16, 12 • 7 Views • Business, Environment, News • Urjee • No Comments

  Eco-G NanoTechnology from Philippines and Erdene & Gochioco LLC Company from Mongolia signed a memorandum of understanding to avert the life-threatening conditions due to fuel emissions. Representing the Mongolian firm are Lawrence Gochioco, executive...

• Tyrannosaurus bataar “iceman” was arrested

  Oct 18, 12 • 1 Views • Environment, News • Urjee • No Comments

  Eric Prokopi was arrested on Wednesday for smuggling stolen dinosaur bones into the U.S. from Mongolia and China and selling them for up to $1.1 million, according to federal officials. Eric Prokopi of Gainesville, 38, allegedly stole the skeletal remains of...

• Oyu Tolgoi raises environmental fears

  Apr 16, 12 • 3 Views • Environment, Mining, News • Badrakh Batkhuyag • No Comments

  Oyu Tolgoi the copper and gold mine, co-owned by Vancouver-based Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. and the Mongolian government, is expected to balloon the Central Asian country’s GDP — an estimated $13.28 billion in 2011 — by more than 30 per cent when it starts full...

• Proposal from citizens relayed to Prime Minister

  Dec 5, 11 • 3 Views • Construction, Energy, Environment, Government, Health • Ayush • 1 Comment

  Prime Minister S.Batbold met with members from the NGO Ulaanbaatar Regional Council on the 2nd of December to discuss the problem of air pollution in the capital city. The council believes that the most effective way to contain air pollution in Ulaanbaatar...