Environmental policy and administrative management

From mid 1990s, mining has been causing one of the biggest environmental problems Mongolian had faced ever before. In parallel with big mining companies, so called ninjas who are individuals from all over the country have come to mined and surrounding areas and started mining with hands and small hand made equipment. There are estimated 100,000 people involved in this activity. This project intends to rehabilitate some land area which is depleted and degraded by so called Ninjas who are local citizens in search of gold near industrial mining areas at Shariin gol by re-cultivating the area and planting fruit tree seedlings with intension of creating a community recreational garden in the future. Land reclamation is under way with involvement of some ninjas.

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