Ulaanbaatar
Projects launched on sustainable management for forest and peat-bog saving
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A ceremony took place on Friday at the “Puma Imperial” hotel to open the “Sustainable management for forest and for improving livelihood of local people” and “Strategy and management on saving peat-bog” projects.
Opening remarks were made by N.Battsereg, the Minister of Environment, Green Development and Tourism, by Minori Kikuchi, a Counselor of Japan’s Embassy in Mongolia, and by Robert Schoellhammer, the Permanent Representative of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to Mongolia. Mr Battsereg said Mongolia can collaborate with the project on forest sustainable management by introducing techniques and technologies in Mongolia and producing goods from felled trees, while Mr Kikuchi underlined an importance of focusing on a protection of environment in times of Mongolian market development. The two projects aim to save environment of Mongolia, he added.
These projects are to be implemented as a result of efforts of the Ministry of Environment, Green Development and Tourism, Mr Schoellhammer said. A developing of a strategy on saving peat-bog "will be helpful in the pasture animal husbandry", he noted and underlined a significance of participation of the project team, local people and co-operatives in the project.
The “Strategy and management on saving peat-bog” project is expected to be realized until the end of 2016, whereas the “Sustainable management for forest and improving livelihood of local people” project will be implemented within two years.
