This research is the summary of the results of the environmental damage assessment and rehabilitation cost estimation works carried out involving in total, 242 gold-placers’ licensed areas, within the framework of implementation of the “Law on Prohibiting Exploration and Mining of Minerals at Sources of Rivers and Streams, within Protected zones of Water basins and Forest funds”, adopted by the Parliament of Mongolia, in 2009.
References
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Methodology for Assessing Environmental Damage and Calculating Relevant Compensation. Approved by the Order A-156 of the Minister of Nature, Environment and Tourism, 27 May 2010.
[2]
Methodology for Performing the Technical and Biological Reclamations at Lands Damaged by Mining Activity. Approved by the Order 417 of the Minister of Nature, Environment and Tourism, 29 December 2009.
[3]
Integrated Report of the “Work of Assessing the Environmental Damage Caused by Gold Mining at Sources of Rivers and Streams, within a Protection Zone of Areas with Water Basins and in Areas with Forest Funds, and Estimating Relevant Rehabilitation Costs”. UB, 2012.
