Impact Assessment Story of Mongolia L Oyunaa B

Impact Assessment: Story of Mongolia L. Oyunaa B. Tsetsegsaikhan V. Delgermaa IAIA 2015, Florence, Italy, April 20 -23, 2015 April 21, 2015

Overview Ø Brief introduction of Mongolia Ø Environmental Impact Assessment Ø Health Impact Assessment Ø Contribution in literature IAIA 2015, Florence, Italy, April 20 -23, 2015 April 21, 2015

IAIA 2015, Florence, Italy, April 20 -23, 2015 April 21, 2015

Livestock information as of 2011 Total number of livestock: 40. 5 mln Number of: Horses – 2. 3 mln Cattle – 2. 3 mln Sheep – 18. 1 mln Goats – 17. 5 mln Camel – 0. 3 mln Nomadic, pastoral herding IAIA 2015, Florence, Italy, April 20 -23, 2015 April 21, 2015

Asian “El Dorado” IAIA 2015, Florence, Italy, April 20 -23, 2015 April 21, 2015

Environmental Impact Assessment IAIA 2015, Florence, Italy, April 20 -23, 2015 April 21, 2015

LAW ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - 1998 – newly approved - 2001 – amended - 2012, May 17 – revised law approved /About 80 percent of the provisions have been revised and amended. Compared to the previous version, which consisted of 4 parts and 13 articles, the current revision has 5 parts and 20 articles. /

RELATIONS REGULATED BY THE LAW The purpose of the law is to regulate the following relations delineated in Article 16 of the Constitution of Mongolia: - To guarantee the citizens of Mongolia the privilege to enjoy the right to healthy and safe environment, and to be protected against environmental pollution and ecological imbalance; - To prevent ecological imbalance due to human activities; - To exploit natural resources with minimal negative impact on the environment; - To assess the environmental impact of regional or sectorwide policies, proposed development programmes, plans and projects, and to make recommendations and decisions re: their implementation; - To coordinate stakeholders.

STRUCTURE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Strategic environmental assessment Environmental status assessment Environmental impact assessment Cumulative impact assessment

HEAD OF PROFESSIONAL COUNCIL Director of Department of Environment and Natural Resources of MOEGD, General Expert SECRETARY OF PROFESSIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS OF PROFESSIONAL COUNCIL Ministry of Mining Geo-ecology institute, Academy of Science Ministry of Energy Ministry of Health GASI State University of Mongolia Director of Department of Green Development Policy Planning, MOEGD Director of Department of Public Administration, MOEGD Director of Department of Policy Coordination, MOEGD Head of Division of Environmental Assessment and Audit

Health Impact Assessment “Assessing the Health Impacts of Mining in Mongolia: Strengthening the Public Health System Response” -2008 -2009 International conference on mining impact on health – 2009 Exploring health equity in social and environmental impact analysis for mining development in Mongolia 2010 -2011 WHO supported training on Health Impact Assessment in Environmental Impact Assessment Mongolia Health Impact Assessment: Learning and Development Program – training in Mongolia, April 27 -May, 9, 2015 IAIA 2015, Florence, Italy, April 20 -23, 2015 April 21, 2015

Contribution in literature on HIA Bringing health impact assessment to the Mongolian resource sector: a story of successful diffusion , Byambaa Tsogtbaatar, Meghan Wagler, Craig R. Janes Putting Health Impact Assessment into practice through the lenses of diffusion of innovations theory: a review , Byambaa Tsogtbaatar, Craig Janes, Tim Takaro, Kitty Corbett Challenges of Building Health Impact Assessment Capacity in Developing Countries: a Review , Tsogtbaatar Byambaa, Craig Janes, Colleen Davison An equity tool for health impact assessments: Reflections from Mongolia, Jeremy Snyder, Meghan Wagler, Oyun Lkhagvasuren, Lory Laing, Colleen Davison, Craig Janes IAIA 2015, Florence, Italy, April 20 -23, 2015 April 21, 2015

Thank you for listening to our story! IAIA 2015, Florence, Italy, April 20 -23, 2015 April 21, 2015