Environmental issues in Mongolian coal mining sector

Ulaanbaatar 2014

Ministry of environment and green developmentHead of Environment andNatural resources department D.Enkhbat

Content

1. Changes of environmental policy

2. Conservation – Coal mining

3. Requirement

1. Changes of environmental policy

Environmental sector Mining sector

24Law

17Law

120By-lawGuideline

12By-law

Guideline

338Standards

17Standards

1. Baseline study of environment

CHANGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Requirements on environmental impact

assessment

Planning

=Assessment

2. Strategically assessment

3. Cumulative Impact Assessment

4. EIA for project

5. Environmental audit

PUBLIC MONITORING, LIABILITY

• Avoidance and minimization of impacts

• Impact mitigation

Environment management plan

Planning=

Monitoring

MONITORING

• Biodiversity offset

• Environmental friendly technology

• Chemical usage, storage and disposal

• Waste management

CHANGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

2. Environmental pollution from coal mining activity

• Habitat lost, fragmentation

• Pollution and Decrease of surface and groundwater resources

• Air pollution

Mining impact to ECOSYSTEM:

Coal deposit 62%Dry steppe and desert

ecosystem

• Open plains and steppe support movement and corridor of migration species

• Limited surface water resource

• Biodiversity rehabilitation requires long-term

PARTICULARITY OF STEPPE AND DESERT ECOSYSTEM

Ecologically important areas andPlanned infrastructure

Current railroad

Mining road

Planned SAINSHAND-TT railroad

Planned Bayangobi -Shivee railroad

PlannedTavannuur-Burgastai railroad

Other proposed railroad

Other proposed highway

Transportation infrastructure

Provincial bordersState Protected areaBorder portPotential Habitat of wildlife movement

Potential prioirity haibtat

Under passages and green bridgeImpact mitigation of wildlife movement and habitat

Impact mitigation ofwildlife movement and

habitat fromtransportationinfrastucture

SOLUTION

Biodiversity off-set

Avoidance

Mitigation

Rehabilitation

Biodiversity off-set

Impact mitigation steps

Prohibited zones - Mining activity by Laws 39,8%

Biodiversity important hot spotsand mining license areas

Conclusion• Introduction of environmentally friendly

technologies

• Improvement of environmental protection and control

• Linear infrastructure (transportation and power-line and etc.) design should be developed no barrier for migration species in open area

Requirements

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