L. OyunaaB. Tsetsegsaikhan

V. Delgermaa

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Brief introduction of Mongolia

Environmental Impact Assessment

Health Impact Assessment

Contribution in literature

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Overview

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Total number of livestock:40.5mln

Number of:Horses – 2.3 mlnCattle – 2.3 mlnSheep – 18.1 mlnGoats – 17.5 mlnCamel – 0.3 mln

Nomadic, pastoral herding

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

2015

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

2015

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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./

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 sector-

wide policies, proposed development programmes, plans and projects, and to make recommendations and decisions re: their implementation;

- To coordinate stakeholders.

HEAD OF PROFESSIONAL COUNCILDirector of Department of Environment and Natural Resources of MOEGD,

General Expert

MEMBERS OF PROFESSIONAL COUNCIL

Ministry of Mining

Ministry of Energy

Ministry of Health

GASI

Geo-ecology institute, Academy

of Science

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

SECRETARY OF PROFESSIONAL COUNCIL

“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

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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

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

2015

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

2015