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Environment - current issues Mongolia, in 34 editions.

The entry for Mongolia published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 10 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.

editions changed the text
10
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2024

Published as “Environment” (1990 to 1996), “Environment - current issues” (1997 to 2024), “Environment-current issues” (1998) and “Environment--current issues” (1999).

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1997 edition

Changed since 1996

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  • limited natural fresh water resources;
  • policies of the former communist regime promoting rapid urbanization and industrial growth have raised concerns about their negative effects on the environment;
  • the burning of soft coal and the concentration of factories in Ulaanbaatar have severely polluted the air;
  • deforestation, overgrazing, the converting of virgin land to agricultural production have increased soil erosion from wind and rain;
  • desertification

current issues: limited natural fresh water resources;
policies of
the former communist regime promoting rapid urbanization and
and industrial growth have raised concerns about their negative effects
effects on the environment; the burning of soft coal and the concentration
concentration of factories in Ulaanbaatar have severely polluted the air;
air; deforestation, overgrazing, the converting of virgin land to
agricultural production have increased soil erosion from wind and
rain; desertification
natural hazards: dust storms can occur in the spring
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Environmental Modification, Nuclear Test Ban; signed, but not
ratified - Desertification, Law of the Sea

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Mongolia: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/mongolia/environment-current-issues.

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