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Mongolia

Joint statement: Urgent call to IFC and EBRD to impose conditionalities on Oyu Tolgoi’s new loan

December 20, 2024

Civil society organisations from across the globe have signed a joint statement opposing a proposed new loan for the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia.


Living on the edge: waste collection at Mongolia’s landfill rehabilitation project

October 16, 2019

Ulaanbaatar is growing, fast. The Mongolian capital has added several hundred thousand people in recent years, many of whom are abandoning the countryside and traditional forms of subsistence herding to pursue opportunities in the city. But the rush to the city is placing pressure on infrastructure like housing, transportation and other essential services.


Mongolia 2.0

March 27, 2018

Only recently Mongolia was known as the biggest nomadic country in the world. Today, it is struggling to move past it.


The Baganuur women affected by coal burning

March 6, 2018

The coal industry continues to negatively impact the local population and environment soothing the public with a false promise for reliable and affordable energy. The damaging influence is especially prominent for the women of Baganuur.


European Bank Says Mining Projects Don’t Damage Glaciers

July 8, 2015

For years, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has been involved in the Kumtor mining project, which some experts say is contaminating ground and surface waters. Kyrgyz local communities have been complaining that the gold mine is causing negative environmental and social impacts on the nearby villages. Additionally, international NGOs and Kyrgyz environmentalists believe that the Canadian-operated Centerra Gold mine is triggering rapid glacier melt due to company’s mining practices. The EBRD has denied these claims.


Rushing into gold can leave people behind, EBRD

January 25, 2012

A look at mining projects in Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia reveal a need to carefully revise the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s involvement in the exploitation of natural resources.


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