About 72 percent of Mongolia’s total territory of 1.56 million square kilometers is considered grazing land; ranging from desert to desert-steppe, steppe, forest-steppe, taiga, and high mountain which provide forage for livestock, habitat for wildlife and important watershed functions. Mongolia has one of the largest, intact, temperate rangeland ecosystems in the world and a nomadic heritage thousands of years old.

As part of the implementation of the Responsible Nomads Code of Practice, MNS 6891:2020, MNFPUG cooperated with Meatpack LLC conducted auditing and verification activities in 4 soum of Eastern Region and traced all the steps of the meat value chain from the herder’s household into the hands of the consumer.

The forest and wild fires are the frequent news in each spring. It is impracticable to point out the fires affect how many hectares of land and forests and how large is the damages to the environment.

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Mongolia and the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia have finished implementing the ‘Green Gold and Animal Health Project’. We interviewed Project Manager Ts.Enkh-Amgalan on the project results.

Switzerland is helping Mongolia in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In view of the health situation in Mongolia, and in response to the request for assistance made by the Government of Mongolia, the Swiss Humanitarian Aid has decided to support this country in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

The project has received 124.4 million MNT from the Green Gold Animal Health project of the Swiss Cooperation in Mongolia and 35.4 million MNT from the Mongolian University of Life Sciences.

owever, with overgrazing and the deterioration of rangelands, this ecosystem is now in danger. In the long run, severe degradation of rangelands can lead to a drastic reduction of income both for herders and for Mongolia, as Agriculture including herding is the 2nd pillar of the national economy.

Монгол ахуй, ёс заншил, өв соёлыг дотоодын аялагч болон гадаадын жуулчдад сурталчилан таниулж, байгалийн үзэсгэлэнт газарт ая тухтай амрах боломж олгох “Тэсийн голын Монголчууд” аялал жуулчлалын төслийн нээлт Хөвсгөл аймгийн Цэцэрлэг суманд /2020.08.12/ боллоо.

Glaciers are an important component of nature, formed by precipitation in high mountainous areas. According to domestic and foreign researchers, the formation of glaciers in Mongolia is likely to be the result of a severe cold spell that lasted about 12,000 years ago. There are two types of glaciers on our planet: continental or Antarctica, Greenland, and mountain or alpine. There are only mountain glaciers in Mongolia