...2.1 What are the important environmental problems in Mongolia today? 2.2 What are the biggest changes in the environment in Mongolia? 2.3 How can we solve some of the environmental problems in UB? 1.1 What are the important environmental problems in Mongolia today? The environment is everything around us. It is the air, water, land, climates and so on. A clean, well balanced environment has far reaching effects over all life forms and mankind. However, Mongolians can’t keep the environmental balance in recent times. Thus, it is causing serious negative effects such as air and water pollution, deforestation, desertification and land degradation. I think that the worst problems now affecting Mongolia are pollution and deforestation. People say that Mongolia was called ‘A land of blue sky’ in 1970s. Nowadays, air pollution is one of the facing issues to our country, especially the capital city. Thermal power plants, ger district, and old vehicle smoke are the main factors to pollute air. Air pollution in UB is increasing year after year. Especially in winter time, smoke produced by the ger districts represents 60 percent. The present survey shows that Ulaanbaatar is one of the most polluted cities in the world and its harmful elements are 10 times higher than the Mongolian Air Quality Standards and 6-7 times higher than the World Health Organization targets. Water pollution is one of the important environmental problems in Mongolia because the water supply is...
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...55 Mongolia: The Water Situation in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia: The Water Situation in Ulaanbaatar Hiroshi Sato* I. Introduction To many, Mongolia is a country of steppes and desert. Geographically, the country can be divided into three main regions: north, central and south. These regions vary greatly in terms of terrain, climate and other natural elements. The west of northern Mongolia is a wooded region covered in Siberian taiga forest. Meanwhile, the central region is home to Mongolia’s vast, characteristic steppes, and southern Mongolia is full of desert steppes. In 1990, Mongolia abandoned socialism and its one-party rule as the People’s Revolutionary Party introduced a multiple party system with influence from the Soviet perestroika movement. Then in 1992, the constitution was amended and the nation of Mongolia was born. Through these reforms, Mongolia ushered in a new democracy and transitioned from a planned economy to a market economy. As the economy flourished following the transition, a number of issues came to the surface. Of the issues raised, environmental issues are a major one in Mongolia. Currently, the impacts of domestic economic stimulation and problems such as recent global warming on the environment can be seen everywhere. Mongolia’s environmental problems are wide-ranging; air pollution, waste management, water pollution, overcentralization in the capital, energy issues, water resources, and urban environmental issues are but a few of...
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...EXERCISE #2 Doing Business with Mongolia Pulvera, Michael V. ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT Over the past 20 years, Mongolia has transformed into a vibrant multiparty democracy with a booming economy. Mongolia is at the threshold of a major transformation driven by the exploitation of its vast mineral resources and the share of mining in GDP today stands at 20 percent, twice the ratio of a decade ago. The Mongolian economy is facing challenges from persistent economic imbalances. Economic growth slowed to 3.0 percent in the first half of 2015 amid declining exports from a continued weakening of the commodity market and slower growth in the key export market of China. Mongolia’s annual GDP growth is expected to slow to 2.3 percent for all of 2015. Poverty has been on a downward trend over the past decade. Most recently, Mongolia’s poverty rate declined from 27.4 percent in 2012 to 21.6 percent in 2014, although many remain near the poverty line. Substantial progress has also been made in regard to several Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the national level, though significant regional disparities prevail. To ensure sustainable and inclusive growth, Mongolia will need to strengthen institutional capacity to manage public revenues efficiently and limit the effects of Dutch Disease; allocate its resources effectively among spending, investing, and saving; reduce poverty; and offer equal opportunities to all its citizens in urban and rural areas. It needs to do this...
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...Environmental problems facing Mongolia include desertification, inadequate water supply, and air and water pollution. The presence of the Gobi Desert in the southeastern part of the country and mountains in the northwest provide natural limits to the amount of agricultural land. Areas affected by deforestation and excessive grazing are eventually overtaken by the desert. Water pollution is a particularly significant problem in Mongolia because the water supply is so limited. The country has only 34.8 cubic kilometers of renewable water resources, 53% of which are used for farming. In 2000, only 77% of city dwellers and 30% of the people living in rural areas had access to pure water. The country's air pollution problems are due to increased industrial activity within the country, including the burning of soft coal, and airborne industrial pollution from the former Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. The heavy concentration of factories in Ulaanbaatar has polluted the environment in that area. Przewalski's horse, the Bactrian camel, the snow leopard, and the saiga are among 12 mammals and 14 birds which are considered endangered. The Mongolian wild horse has become extinct in the wild. After a winter of little snow, wildfires spread across northern Mongolia from March until June of 1996. The fires were the most extensive since records were first compiled in 1978, resulting in 26 deaths and nearly 800 people injured or rendered shelterless. An estimated...
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...Table of Contents I. Introduction 2 II. Operations 3 2.1 Raw milk procurement 3 2.2 Production and distribution 4 III. Market Analysis 8 3.1 Overview 8 3.2 Competition 9 3.2.1 Domestic producers 9 3.2.2 Imports 11 3.3 Market trends 12 3.3.1 Key drivers 12 3.3.2 Projections 13 3.4 SWOT Analysis 14 IV. Development and Environmental Impacts 15 4.1 Employment 15 4.2 Human capital 15 4.3 Environment 15 V. Conclusion 17 VI. Reference List 18 I. Introduction Suu JSC (the Company, SUU) is one of the largest and most respected companies in Mongolia with over 50 years of operating history as a true market leader in its field. Suu is the biggest domestic producer and distributor of various dairy products including milk, yogurt and ice cream in Mongolia. The Company was initially established during the Communist period and has since been transformed into a joint stock company listed on the Mongolian Stock Exchange. As of 2008, Suu accounted for 59 percent of total domestic dairy production, which reached 13 million liters. With 51 different products on offer in a variety of categories, including packaged milk, yogurt, cream, butter, and ice cream, the Company far surpasses its domestic competitors. In addition to its product diversity, Suu’s key competitive strengths are its large capacity (150 tons/day), the only powdered milk production line in the country, well-established procurement and distribution system and an aggressive marketing campaign...
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...portable power solutions In the world energy outlook 2010 report, the International Energy Agency (IEA), United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization defined energy poverty as a condition in which the lack of energy deprives access to modern energy services such as clean cooking and central heating (IEA, 2010). This paper argues that energy poverty is prevalent among Mongolian nomads and the lack of electricity network is the cause of energy poverty. Current measures are insufficient in mitigating energy poverty and thus this paper proposes the implementation of improved portable wind turbines and the Biolite HomeStove to effectively reduce energy poverty. Problems There are three indicators that signal the problem of energy poverty persisting...
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...occurrences and what it means for the future of health care coverage for a country whose population is growing exponentially as well as a population whose aging population is increasing. We will also explore what strategies, plans and agencies that are in place to accommodate this aging population growth, as well as what can happen if there are not adequate plans to cover this crisis. The Aging Community and its Implications on the Future There is a global crisis lurking in the not too distant future. The aging population is growing and so is chronic disease. Let’s examine this by taking a snapshot of three countries of ranging income groups and start with their life expectancy projections. The United States (US) (high income), Mongolia (middle income), and Kyrgyzstan (low income) were randomly chosen as the three demographics to explore (World Bank, 2011)....
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...com). It is the same as “Asian” and “Eastern”. For people of South and East Asian ancestry the term ‘Asian’ is preferred to ‘Oriental’. According to http://education.yahoo.com, Asian is now strongly preferred in place of Oriental for persons native to Asia or descended from an Asian people. The real problem with Oriental is more likely its connotations stemming from an earlier era when Europeans viewed the regions east of the Mediterranean as exotic lands full of romance and intrigue, the home of despotic empires and inscrutable customs. Orientalism is the study of Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages and peoples by Western scholars. It can also refer to the imitation or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers and artists. The hubs of strong traditions that are easily visible lie in East Asia. The following countries are commonly seen as located in geographically East Asia: People's Republic of China (China), Hong Kong and Macau (a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China), Republic of China (Taiwan), Japan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), Republic of Korea (South Korea), and Mongolia (Wikipedia 2007). Oriental Ideologies These are the main ideologies connected with Asia: Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism/Daoism. Others comprise of Shinto and Zen (Eastern Buddhism). Over 93% of Taiwanese are...
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...Public Disclosure Authorized ... ........ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.- ..........~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ .... ~ ~ . :~ .......... ..... :. s~: ... - Public Disclosure Authorized a ........ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~. ................. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .... - ........ ........... _ - Public Disclosure Authorized .... .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.... -,// ... ..... ...... 1 I ... . .... .. ..... I 9~~~~~~~... . . .. .. .. . .. A ~~ ~~~~...... Public Disclosure Authorized ..... The WorldBankis committed knowledgesharingwhichinvolvesnot only the Bank's to communities practiceand their partners,but the entire development of community. processof A knowledge management essentialto makesense out of and act upon the vast quantitiesof is information available today.Still in the earlystagesof implementation, knowledge management is expectedto changethe internaloperationof the WorldBankand transformthe organization's relationships with externalclients,partnersand stakeholders, becominga key way of doing businessin the 21stCentury. Giventhe speedof globalchangeand the value of learningfromongoingactivities, Urban the Development Divisionand GlobalUrbanPartnership the WorldBankare committed of to communicating resultsof the Bank'surbanworkto the development the communityas quickly and clearlyas possible. Towardthat end, this informalor...
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...Mongolian Education Alliance Ulaanbataar, Mongolia All rights reserved ©2005 Mongolian Drop Out Study THE MONGOLIAN DROP OUT STUDY By Mercedes del Rosario International Educational Policy Studies Teachers College, Columbia University Research Associate, Drop Out Project In Collaboration with Battsetseg Donrov Officer Division of Monitoring, Evaluation and Coordination Ministry of Science, Education and Culture of Mongolia Bayartsetseg Bayarsaihan Assistant Faculty of Social Science Mongolian State University of Education Bolormaa Tsetsegee Unit Manager Needs Assessment Mongolian Educational Alliance Dorjnamjin Batmonkh Assistant Researcher National Center for Non-Formal and Distance Education Mongolia Tumendelger Sengedorj (M.A) Lecturer, Sociology Mongolian State University of Education Tsentsenbileg Tseveen (Ph.D) Researcher Mongolian Academy of Sciences Institute of Philosophy Enkhbold Delger (M.A) Researcher Mongolian Academy of Sciences Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law 2 Mongolian Drop Out Study Table of Contents Acknowledgement Executive Summary List of Acronyms/Abbreviations List of Tables and Figures List of Appendices 1. Introduction and Framework 1.1. Project Description and Rationale 1.2. Legislation, Regulations and Structures 1.3. Administration and Management of the Education System 1.4. Organization of the Education System 1.5. Structure of the Education System in Mongolia 1.5.1. Pre-School Education 1.5.2. Primary Education 1.5.3....
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...climate characterizes this region, which ends of China are drier/wetter, warmer/colder? Temperate country like the US. Much wetter on the east, western like deserts. Colder in the north, hotter in the south. South more rain(subtropical) Forests – how much of this region has been deforested and why is this the case, where are the remaining forests? Eastern China deforested for farming. Remaining forests- Scattered all over Deserts – where are China’s deserts located and why are they there? Dryer desserts in the west, mostly grasslands. Taklamakan desert. Gobi desert Rivers – what are China’s two main rivers, what have they been used for in the past, what problems do they create, what is the Three Gorges Dam and what it is supposed to do? Yellow, Yangtea . Past used for transportation and irrigation. Problems, Floods ruin population on the banks of river. Grand Canal from north to south (bejing to Hangzhou). Three gorges dam, world’s largest dam for flood control and provide electricity. Northern Chinese Plain – what is its historical significance (and how is this like Europe)? Part of like Europe plate, flat grassland. Key information route/ invasion route. Isolation – what physical features isolate East Asia from other world regions? Bounded by deserts, mountains, and seas, barriers against the movement of people Population – what is the relationship between...
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...brought to Wisconsin and other states by accident, and is not welcome to the area. The emerald ash borer is a beetle that is bright, metallic green, about 1/2″ long with a flat back. It has purple abdominal segments under its wing covers. The emerald ash borer can fit on the head of a penny, and is hard to spot in the wild. The emerald ash borer is native to northern China and Korea. It can also be found in eastern Russia, Japan, and Mongolia. It is believed the emerald ash borer traveled to the United States by stowing away in some wood packing material. It can be found in the states of Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Unfortunately other states can be at risk. The beetle as also has been found in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. The emerald ash borer was first discovered in Southeast Michigan in 2002. It has then spread to other area of the Unites States of America. The real problem with the emerald ash borer is the larvae. Like many insects, the emerald ash borer has four distinct life stages: adult, egg, larva, and pupa. Its larvae cause the damage to ash trees. They do this by tunneling into the bark of the tree. As this is done it cuts off the food and water supplies to the trees causing the tree to...
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...Coal’s Cost on the Environment The environment is becoming one of the central issues in our world today. With effects such as global warming, we are not going to have much time left on this planet if we sit here and do nothing. The use and mining of coal is one of the largest environmental factors in the world. According to the World Health Organization, “coal particulates pollution are estimated to shorten approximately 1,000,000 lives annually worldwide, including nearly 24,000 lives a year in the United States”. You may think, why are we still using and mining this stuff if it is killing us? We really shouldn’t be, but the only problem is that harming the environment can be an offset of making a lot money. As it will be looked into...
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...Name of Student: Name of Professor: Course Code: Date: Contemporary Art Thesis statement An analysis of contemporary artwork reveals that there is a strong relationship between contemporary art and everyday life as artists can use them for environmental and political activities. Introduction One question that most people usually ask themselves when asked about the history of arts is whether art can have a history. Yes, art has a long history, older than most if not all individuals currently living on earth. Most people think of it as being timeless because art has remained beautiful and attractive since the Old Stone Age. Individuals enjoy looking at arts for its own sake not knowing that they may have a significant meaning and the knowledge of its context inasmuch as viewers from different generations and cultures may see same artworks and interpret them differently from the previous generations. Most of the art works we see around originate from things of the past. Rarely does an artist come up with an imaginary art from vacuum (Art History, par 1). Most of them usually refer their arts by critiquing the outmoded models, borrowing some traditional techniques and methods, researching the old and forgotten stories as well as building on some timeless themes to enable them obtain new ideas (Par 3). It is very important for us to understand the historical precedent as it guides artists in obtaining context since art began from the caves by the Old Stone Age Homo sapiens...
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...Compiled by: Gerard Perry Topic: UCB Marketing Mix United Colors of Benetton is a global brand, and one of the most well known in the world, with an international style that combines color, energy and practicality. The womenswear, menswear, childrenswear and underwear collections offer a total look for everyday, for work and for leisure, in the city and outdoors. The brand is broadening its horizons, expanding into new areas of merchandise from Home Collection to baby products, travel bags and new perfumes. Considering the product range of UCB, the basic benefit from the core product would be body protection against external factors, whereas another benefit could be a desire to stands out and be admired. The core product is then turned into a tangible product by the use and development of such characteristics as branding, features, styling, packaging, and quality level. Under the global brand name UCB there is a mix of products. Each womenswear, menswear, childrenswear and underwear collections is accompanied by accessories and shoes collections to complete each look. In addition, the company publishes “Colors” magazine that echoes the entire UCB philosophy. The main product of UCB is the clothing line that has a strong Italian character in design and style, which combines bright and expressive colors and practicality. By buying Benetton brand customers can be seen as individuals with their own style as well as sensitive to social issues raised in Benetton’s campaigns...
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