Mongolia has a diverse landscape ranging from forested mountains to hilly grasslands, vast steppes and deserts. Mongolia’s economy is dependent on use of natural resources. Two of its main sectors livestock and mining, depend directly on natural resources.
Increasing poverty and unemployment has fuelled an uncontrollable exploitation of natural resources. Wildlife is being endangered and irreparable damages are done to the environment. The privatization of livestock led to an uncontrolled increase in animal population for livelihood sustenance. Lack of regulations, basic organization, and proper technology, and destructive environmental behaviour produce land degradation and environmental problems such as water pollution, forest depletion, and disturbance to wildlife.
In response to this, in 2005 SDC in Mongolia commenced an environmental programme to promote sustainable use of natural resources and conservation of the nature. SDC aims to contribute to better livelihood through improved disaster preparedness and the sustainable use of natural resources by herders, farmers and artisanal miners.
Current projects under Environment and Natural Resource Management Programme:
This programme shall empower the Mongolia key stakeholders to integrate extractive and exploitive natural resource based activities to be fully integrated into the rural development planning in order to optimise their contribution to sustainable livelihood in remote areas.
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is a relevant approach to safeguard development gains and prevent the build-up of new vulnerabilities and risks in such a vulnerable environment.
By initiating niche projects within the environmental programme, SDC aims to make model contributions to sustainable management of the environment, and to take on a critical and constructive role in policy dialogue for enabling legal environment for natural resource use in Mongolia. |
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