1b trees subotnik continues in #Mongolia. #OyuTolgoi pledge to contribute 100m, including some near mine site.

1b trees subotnik continues in #Mongolia. #OyuTolgoi pledge to contribute 100m, including some near mine site.
Discussions abt membership in the Eurasian Economic Union continue in #Mongolia Here is a look at impact on agricultural sector ( over past 10 years).
-threat of low-cost imports to producers
-potential of arrival of large producers threat to sm/med producers
-lack of competitiveness of products
-constraints on govt policy
https://itoim.mn/a/2025/03/13/society/ftq?b3f6e378cfe98fb6998c7b68c8966b95
MongolBeat remains most efficient and my preferred way to stay up-to-date on developments in #Mongolia
Over a year after a devastating winter wiped out virtually his entire sheep flock, herder Zandan Lkhamsuren is still reckoning with the damage wrought by Mongolia's increasingly erratic extreme weather. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/03/13/climate-change/mongolia-climate-change-herders/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #mongolia #climatechange
The toxic smog that settles over Ulaanbaatar — Mongolia's capital — every winter has been a suffocating problem for more than a decade that successive governments have failed to dispel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/13/asia-pacific/science-health/mongolia-children-toxic-pollution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #sciencehealth #mongolia #pollution #environment #children #health
P Bolormaa reflects on #Mongolia countryside visit after prolonged stay abroad, notes replacement of suutei tsai by coffee, frustration of younger Mongolians, among other observations.
I Renchinkhand appreciates Galsan Tschinag for his literary achievements and humanitarian work.
https://www.unuudur.mn/a/273901
#Earthquake M3.9 strikes 107 km W of #Bulgan (#Mongolia) 20 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1780633
If you’re in France or Germany, you can currently find the documentary on ARTE or ZDF under the name Dinosaures, la chasse aux fossiles / Auf der Jagd nach Dino-Fossilien. I highly recommend checking it out!
Delighted to have published article on integrated water resource management w/ P Bolormaa et al. in _Discover Water_ "Enhancing #Water Sustainability in the Gobi Desert" (#openaccess)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43832-025-00204-2
A returning fondness for Yu Tsedenbal? A weird case of "Ostalgie", Mongolian-Russian friendship?
@marissa_j_smith takes a closer look, including a Javkhlan ode to the early 1950s thru mid-1980s #Mongolia leader.
https://mongoliafocus.com/2025/03/tsedenbal-filatova-nairamdal/
#Earthquake M3.6 strikes 33 km S of #Hovd (#Mongolia) 19 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1777953
So curious to see if aerial tramway in #Ulaanbaatar actually happens, construction claimed to start this Spring.
Some noise regarding Energy Resources Tavan Tolgoi 2008 coal #mine license following statement by Min Justice & Internal Affairs, O Altangerel. Ukhaa Khudag=strategic deposit, requiring state participation.
https://itoim.mn/a/2025/02/26/government/pjf?0d0293c5a8a03c4b189b3bbcc2087113
Energy Resources perhaps most-respected large private operator in #Mongolia
#Mongolia has created various versions of sovereign wealth funds, but also embraced distribution of resource dividends to population, sometimes as populist election appeal.
In current round of dividend distribution, new option allows recipients to opt to contribute to #sovereignwealthfund instead, embraced v publicly by some politicians but also other citizens.
Just a couple of weeks after PM Oyun-Erdene's visit to China, speaker of parliament, D Amarbayasgalan, is also visiting, primarily meeting w/ National People's Congress officials.
Does #Mongolia need a new media law? Nest Mongolia's Duyaa takes a look at the draft law that is before parliament.
https://mongoliafocus.com/2025/02/guest-post-press-freedom-bill/
As news for #valentinesday, this is a bit late, but apparently #Mongolia imported 300,000+ roses last year.
https://gogo.mn/r/kxegm
#Earthquake M4.3 strikes 149 km W of #Mandalgovĭ (#Mongolia) 1hr 29min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1770585