TITLE:
Environmental Issues in the Mining Sector of Mongolia
AUTHORS:
Ikhbayar Batmunkh
KEYWORDS:
Environmental Damage and Its Rehabilitation, Open Water Sources, Protection Zones with Water Basins and Forest Funds
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.12 No.6,
June
29,
2021
ABSTRACT: This research is the summary of the results of the environmental damage assessment and rehabilitation cost estimation works carried out involving in total, 242 gold-placers’ licensed areas, within the framework of implementation of the “Law on Prohibiting Exploration and Mining of Minerals at Sources of Rivers and Streams, within Protected zones of Water basins and Forest funds”, adopted by the Parliament of Mongolia, in 2009.