2021-04-01 14:27:15
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. The Steering Committee meeting of the
‘Education for Sustainable Development-II’ (ESD-II) project, funded by the
Swiss Cooperation in Mongolia and implemented jointly by the Ministry of
Environment and Tourism (MET) and the Ministry of Education and Science (MES)
was successfully held online on March 31. The meeting was attended by 15
participants including D.Ganbold, State Secretary of the MET, chairperson of
the Steering Committee, D.Batbaatar, State Secretary of the MES and Benoit Meyer-Bisch,
Deputy Head of the Swiss Cooperation in Mongolia, Vice chairs of the Steering
Committee, the members of the Steering Committee and the project team.
2021-03-17 12:01:10
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Mongolia released
the results of its first nationwide snow leopard survey, showing that there are
953 (806 – 1127) of these adult big cats in the country.
WWF-Mongolia, and partners including
Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation, Snow Leopard Trust, Irbis Mongolia Center,
successfully completed the large-scale study to assess the current range and
the population size of snow leopard in Mongolia with support from the Ministry
of Environment and Tourism of Mongolia.
The assessment, initiated in 2017, was completed
with more than 40 field surveys over 4 years, involving over 500 people:
researchers from the partner organizations, the National University of
Mongolia and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, rangers from the State
2021-03-17 11:58:06
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/.
Deputy Prime Minister S.Amarsaikhan yesterday met with Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to Mongolia Philippe Merlin.
During the meeting, the
sides discussed the project on the establishment of the helicopter search and
rescue center within the framework of a financial
agreement between the governments of Mongolia and France. As part of the
project, helicopters and special purpose vehicles for structure fires will be
provided to Mongolia by France. In addition, training courses
will be held for pilots, on flight simulator, mechanics and emergency health care providers.
Within the scope of the financial
2021-03-17 17:05:59
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On March 15, 2021, Ambassador
Sh.Battsetseg presented copy of the letter of credence to H.E.Francisco
Bustillo Bonasso, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Oriental Republic of
Uruguay.
During the virtual ceremony, Ambassador Sh.Battsetseg
highlighted that becoming the first ever Ambassador accredited to Uruguay
demonstrates the importance that the Government of Mongolia attributes to the
bilateral cooperation between both countries and expressed her readiness to
work with Minister Francisco Bonasso to develop bilateral cooperation in the
agriculture and animal husbandry sector in the framework of South-South
cooperation and develop closer relations between Mongolia and the “Mercosur”