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U. Khurelsukh: Mongolia will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 22.7 percent by 2030 www.montsame.mn

Ahead of the Mongolian Economic Forum 2022, discussions are taking place on six main topics for the ‘New Revival Policy’ being implemented by the Government of Mongolia.
Today, March 29, a two-day panel discussion ‘Green Finance Regional Forum’ has started at State House.
President U. Khurelsukh delivered an opening remarks. In his remarks, the President stressed, “Over the past 170 years, global surface temperatures have risen by 1.09 percent, and many biological species are becoming extinct. Mongolia emits 0.1 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but is one of the countries that are most affected by climate change.
Specifically, climate change has intensified over the past 80 years in Mongolia, with the average air temperature increasing by 2.25 degrees, which is twice the world average. In Mongolia, 76.9 percent or 120 million hectares of the total territory is affected by desertification, and half of the total area is classified as severely desertified.
Compared to 1990, the number of climate change-related natural disasters has tripled in Mongolia in the last decade.”
In addition, the President said, “66 countries in the world have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. In the document dated 2016, Mongolia set a goal to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 22.7 percent by 2030. During the UN Climate Change Conference 2021 held in Glasgow, UK, Mongolia announced that it is possible to increase the target level to 27.2 percent by way of introducing advanced technology and innovation and increasing green financing.”
“With aims to increase renewable energy and further improve energy supply in Northeast Asia, Mongolia supports the Asia Super Grid Initiative and is cooperating with countries in the region using abundant solar and wind resources.”
He also emphasized that a national movement is underway to plant and grow a billion trees by 2030 with a purpose to increase greenhouse gas absorption, reduce soil degradation and prevent water scarcity.
“Experts consider that the One Billion Trees movement will have a significant impact on reducing dust storms that are causing ecological and health threats not only in Asia but also in the Americas.
The movement will have multiple socio-economic benefits such as creation of jobs, reduction of poverty, improvement of food supply, increased production of seedling, fertilizers and pesticides as well as others. Mongolia made a decision to allocate at least one percent of its GDP each year for combating desertification.”
In the end of his speech, the President noted, “The main goal of today’s forum is to strengthen the regional cooperation and interaction, and increase green financing,” stressing the great importance of the leadership of international investors and domestic financial sector to finance the green development.
The suggestions and recommendations put forth during the forum are to be presented during the plenary session of the Mongolian Economic Forum to be held on April 7-8.
The Office of the President of Mongolia, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, and the Mongolian Sustainable Finance Association are organizing the forum, with support from the Ministry of Finance, Bank of Mongolia, Financial Regulatory Commission, Mongolian Bankers Association, International Finance Corporation, United Nations Development Programme, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and MONTSAME Agency.
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Mongolia's capital to plant at least 120 mln trees by 2030: mayor www.xinhuanet.com

At least 120 million trees will be planted here by 2030, the Mongolian capital's mayor announced on Monday.
"We are planning to plant at least 120 million trees in the capital city by 2030 within the framework of the 'Billion Trees' national tree-planting campaign initiated by Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh," mayor Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar said at a meeting.
The nationwide tree-planting campaign was officially launched last year as president Khurelsukh told the United Nations General Assembly that the country aims to combat climate change and desertification through the campaign.
Forest only covers 7.9 percent of Mongolia's 1,564,116 square km of land currently.
Around 77 percent of the country's total territory has been affected by desertification and land degradation, according to the country's Ministry of Environment and Tourism.
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Paleolithic People in Mongolia May Have Consumed Giant Camel www.archaeology.org

TUCSON, ARIZONA—Camelus knoblochi, a species of giant two-humped camel, survived in Mongolia alongside modern humans—and perhaps Neanderthals and Denisovans—until about 27,000 years ago, according to a statement released by Frontiers. Fossilized remains of the giant camel have been found in Tsagaan Agui Cave alongside artifacts left behind by Paleolithic people. One metacarpal bone, dated to between 59,000 and 44,000 years ago, bears butchery marks and marks made by gnawing hyenas, said Arina M. Khatsenovich of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Humans may have hunted or scavenged giant camels, she explained. John W. Olsen of the University of Arizona added that the drying of the climate, hunting by humans, and competition with Camelus ferus, the wild Bactrian camel, all may have contributed to the extinction. Read the original scholarly article about this research in Frontiers in Earth Science. To read about camel reliefs dating to the mid-sixth millennium B.C. in northern Saudi Arabia, go to "Oldest Animal Art," one of ARCHAEOLOGY's Top 10 Discoveries of 2021.

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Centerra Gold, Kyrgyzstan closer to solving dispute over Kumtor www.mining.com

Canada’s Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) is closer to settling a dispute triggered by Kyrgyzstan’s expropriation of the company’s giant Kumtor gold mine in 2021, after the country’s ministers backed on Monday the government’s decision to solve the issue.
Negotiations on the exact terms of the new agreement are still ongoing, the Toronto-based miner said on Monday, adding that there was no guarantee of any proposed deal being completed.
The gold miner and the Kyrgyz government have clashed over financial and environmental issues related to the mine for years. Their standoff took a turn for the worse in May 2021, when the nation took control of the mine, alleging that the company was running it in a way that was detrimental to both the environment and nearby communities.
Centerra, which has denied all the allegations, kicked off arbitration shortly after and sued former director Tengiz Bolturuk, claiming that the dual Canadian and Kyrgyz citizen had secretly co-operated to stage the expropriation.
The company had laid out a framework earlier this year for resolving the dispute outside of court. In it, Centerra proposed to receive about 26.1% of its common stock held by local gold refiner Kyrgyzaltyn JSC. It also said the state should assume all responsibility for the company’s two Kyrgyz subsidiaries as well as the giant mine.
Kumtor, which accounts for a fifth of the ex-Soviet country’s total industrial output, was the largest of Centerra’s gold mines, contributing to more than 50% of the company’s total output.
The operation is also crucial to Kyrgyzstan, as it is the country’s largest private-sector employer, taxpayer, and main foreign investment. Between 1997 and 2020, it produced more than 13.2 million ounces of gold, with last year’s output slightly over 556,000 ounces.
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UNFPA Mongolia welcomes new Head of Office www.montsame.mn

Dr. Khalid Sharifi has taken up his appointment as Head of Office for UNFPA Mongolia Country Office on 22 March 2022.
Prior to his appointment as Head of Office for UNFPA in Mongolia, Khalid served as UNFPA Assistant Representative in Afghanistan since July 2018. Before that, Khalid served as Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Specialist in UNFPA Afghanistan for more than three years.
Prior to joining UNFPA, Khalid worked for Afghan NGOs to implement the Primary and Secondary Health Care program in Afghanistan in the capacity of Managing Director, Health
Director, and Program Manager for more than ten years. Before that, Khalid served the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Afghan Red Crescent Society for around nine years and practised clinical medicine at Kabul National Hospitals for four years as a pediatrician.
An Afghan national, Khalid holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the Royal Tropical Institute (VU University) in the Netherlands and a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Care Management from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Basel University) in Switzerland, and a Medical Doctor degree from Kabul Medical University.
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B.Battushig elected as a President of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee www.news.mn

Today (28 March), the Mongolian National Olympic Committee (MNOC) has held Olympic assembly. At the closed meeting of the Executive Committee of MNOC, B.Battushig was elected as a President of the organisation. He has served as a First Vice President of the MNOC since 2017. Furthermore, B.Battushig is currently serving a member of the International Olympic Committee.
Three people including B.Battushig competed in the election for the top seat of MNOC. However, former President of Mongolia, Kh.Battulga pulled out of the race at the beginning of the election. Therefore, Z.Munkh-Ochir, a President of the Mongolian Biathlon Association competed against B.Battushig.
Battushig has started his journey in the Olympic community in 2015. He was first elected as a President of Mongolia’s Badminton Federation followed by his nomination and election to be a council member of Badminton World Federation. This was the first time a Mongolian national being elected to an executive position of an international sports federation. After being actively involved in the Olympic community, in 2017 he was elected First Vice President of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee becoming the youngest person to hold this position in Mongolia.
Last year, N.Tuvshinbayar, former President of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee (MNOC), has jailed for an assault that killed the victim. Therefore, he was suspended from the post of MNOC president. He was elected unopposed as President of the MNOC, which this year celebrates its 65th anniversary, in August 2020.
N.Tuvshinbayar replaced D.Zagdsuren, who had held the post for 19 years, at an Extraordinary General Assembly of the MNOC.
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Shanghai Covid: Oil prices fall after city starts lockdown www.bbc.com

Global oil prices have fallen as China starts to implement a city-wide lockdown in Shanghai, an important financial and manufacturing hub.
Brent crude lost more than $4 a barrel on concerns that the move would mean that demand for oil will fall.
The Shanghai Composite stock index fell in early trade before regaining most of the losses later in the morning.
The lockdown, which began on Monday, is China's largest since the coronavirus outbreak began more than two years ago.
The futures contract for Brent crude - an international benchmark for oil prices - was down by 3.8% at $116.
Despite the fall, oil remains almost 80% higher than it was a year ago after the war in Ukraine helped to drive up prices.
Traders were concerned about the effectiveness of China's zero-tolerance policy towards Covid, said Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management.
'Tip of the iceberg'
Mr Innes also said in a note to investors that there were expectations of further supply chain disruptions as well as a fall in demand.
"We might be only dealing with the tip of the iceberg," he said.
Meanwhile, the Shanghai Composite stock index opened lower on Monday before rebounding to trade down by just 0.16% in Asia afternoon trade.
Until now, Chinese authorities had resisted locking down the city of almost 25 million people to avoid destabilising the world's second largest economy.
The city will be locked down in two stages over nine days while authorities carry out Covid-19 testing.
The key financial centre has battled a new wave of infections for nearly a month, although case numbers are not high by some international standards.
It comes after lockdowns in China affected tens of millions of people across the country earlier this month, including the entire Jilin province and the technology hub of Shenzhen.
Shanghai's public transport has been suspended and firms and factories in the city have been ordered to halt operations or work remotely.
The lockdown will take place in two stages, starting on Monday with the eastern side of Shanghai, which includes the city's financial centre.
From Friday, the western side of Shanghai is scheduled to go into lockdown.
This staggered approach means that half of the city will be able to remain open.
Some businesses had already stopped operating in Shanghai, which has been battling a new wave of Covid infections for nearly a month.
Last week, the Shanghai Disney Resort said it would close until further notice, citing the "current pandemic situation".
"We will continue to monitor the pandemic situation and consult local authorities, and will notify guests as soon as we have a confirmed date to resume operations," it said.
Everyone east of its main river is now locked down. Another round of mass testing has started.
By the week's end the western half of the city will be shut.
Public transport is being closed and the city sealed off. Anyone leaving needs to show a negative test.
It is all part of a huge effort to try to stop the spread of a resurgent virus that China's leaders thought they had banished.
Anyone testing positive here is sent to hospital or forced quarantine.
As the numbers continue to rise China's insistence on a zero-Covid strategy is being tested - but also subtly adapted.
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Newlook Sylhet stadium to allow 17,000 spectators for Bangladesh-Mongolia match www.thedailystar.net

A total of 17,000 tickets have been put on sale for the FIFA international friendly match between Bangladesh and Mongolia, to be played at the Sylhet District Stadium on Tuesday evening.
The match will kick off at 5:30pm local time, with local fans to be allowed at full capacity in an international football match for the first since the start of the pandemic.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.
The last time Sylhet District Stadium hosted an international football match was in the Bangabandhu Gold Cup in 2018.
However, with the country's premier football venue Bangabandhu National Stadium under long-term renovation, the Sylhet District Stadium is currently the only FIFA-approved venue and has recently enjoyed a facelift with colourful seats replacing concrete seating arrangements.
The venue is currently hosting Abahani as the home team in the Bangladesh Premier League.
"We are hosting an international match after a long time. We have taken promotional campaigns to encourage people to come to the stadium. There will be raffle draws on tickets, with motorcycle, refrigerator, among prizes," informed Mahiuddin Ahmed Selim, BFF's executive committee member and general secretary of Sylhet District Sports Association.
"We are getting some response, albeit slowly, but we are hopeful to have a full capacity contest," the football official added.
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From -20 degrees to 25 degrees centigrade www.thedailystar.net

The distance between Sylhet and Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, may only be Bhutan and China, but in terms of weather, these are two extreme cities.
While the average temperature in the Mongolian capital currently drops down to even 20 degrees centigrade at night, it usually hovers around 20 to 30 degrees in Sylhet at this time of the year.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.
Hence the journey the Mongolian football team have made for their FIFA friendly against Bangladesh is not mere 2000 miles, it's also traveling from one extreme to the other. And the visitors are not feeling quite at home here, according to their Japanese coach Ichiro Otsuka.
"I came (into the job) only two months ago. The condition of the players is not so good because they didn't train for six months," the Japanese coach said.
It has been so cold in the landlocked country that football has been put on hold since the end of the Mongolian Premier League at the start of October.
Then the single-match Mongolian Super Cup took place and that's it.
The team only trained, albeit with interruption, since the start of March for the Bangladesh game and the one against Laos past week, which they lost 1-0.
Otsuka feels it would be difficult here playing against the hosts in this weather and in front of the crowd.
"We will try to play Mongolian football. And we need to make improvements on the game against Laos," Otsuka hoped.
While the 57-year-old claimed he doesn't know much about Bangladesh football, he could definitely gather some ideas from his compatriot Tetsuaki Misawa, who scored the highest 17 goals in the Mongolian league last season before switching to Muktijoddha Sangsad in the Bangladesh Premier League.
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From Mongolia to Coachella: The HU are cultural ambassadors through music www.news.mn

When Mongolian metal band The HU uploaded its songs “Yuve Yuve Yu” and “Wolf Totem” to YouTube in 2018, the group quickly became cultural ambassadors for their country, eventually earning them a spot on some of the biggest music festival lineups in the world.
The HU performs what they call “Hunnu Rock,” which is inspired by the ancient Mongolian empire known as The Huns, and their music features old Mongolian war cries and poetry through traditional Mongolian guttural throat singing.
According to the band’s website, all four members have bachelor’s or higher degrees in music, as well as several years of touring experience throughout Asia and the Pacific regions.
The band’s 2019 album, “The Gereg,” reached No. 103 on the Billboard 200 chart. There’s another album in the works, but a release date has yet to be set.
The HU will perform on 15 and 22 April the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Members Jaya and Gala, and their producer Dashka, spoke to The Desert Sun through Zoom about music in Mongolia, touring the world and their excitement to play Coachella. The following interview was edited for length and clarity.
Are there other musicians in Mongolia following in your footsteps?
JAYA: There are people who are trying to follow our path in the Hunnu Rock genre and who are inspired by us. We’re happy there are many bands coming from Mongolia and getting into the genre.
The HU perform on the fourth and final day of the Louder Than Life music festival. Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. The band will perform on April 15 and 22, 2022 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
Was it hard to get your hands on Western music in Mongolia?
GALA: When we were growing up, our older brothers visited neighboring countries and they would purchase CDs during their travels. It was so precious back then due to the lack of imported products in our country. We would borrow each other’s and our brother’s CDs, but we always had to make sure not to scratch them, they always get scratched after few times no matter how careful you are. I remember having to borrow a Guns N’ Roses CD from my brother and listening to it and it would skip a beat because of the scratches. It didn’t matter, I still wiped the CD and listened over and over in my old CD player. I still have the CD player, and CD to this day because it is one of my greatest memories as a kid who loved music, and I still do as an artist.
What does it feel like to tour around the world and bring your music to people?
JAYA: It’s very important for us being the representation of our culture, language and rock genre. We are fascinated meeting our fans who positively embrace us.
Through all of your touring, is there an experience you remember the most?
GALA: When we first went on tour in Europe, we played the Rock am Ring festival (in Mendig, Germany). Being a young band, we thought there wouldn’t be many fans waiting for us. But when we came up to the stage, there were thousands of people waiting for us, clapping and cheering.
The HU brought their brand of Mongolian Hunnu rock to the masses on the fourth and final day of the Louder Than Life music festival. Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021
The HU received a lot of attention in 2019 and 2020, then COVID-19 stopped your momentum. How did that feel for the band?
DASHKA: The pandemic was a hard time all around the world, and it was true for the band. We were very disappointed about the tour cancellations. But it gave us more time to focus all the energy on our music. We’re hoping our second album will bring a lot of joy to the world.
What can your fans expect from the upcoming album?
GALA: In our next album, we have been working and collaborating with many amazing and legendary artists. We’ve spent the last 18 months writing, recording and perfecting these new songs that we hope all our fans around the world will enjoy, and [we hope to] further gain new fans. We’ve performed a few of the new songs live and we feel as though they’re connecting really well with our fans. We’re excited to release our new album this year.
Does it ever feel like there’s a language barrier between the band and the fans?
JAYA: We don’t worry about that at all because music is a universal language and there’s no barrier. We think from heart to heart, there’s no limit to what music can do. Our fans are good at remembering the lyrics. For example, when we sing, they’ll be chanting with us, no matter the language. It’s awesome how far they would [go] to learn our language and style. We’re so grateful.
The Hu performs on the Tito's Handmade Vodka Stage during Austin City Limits Music Festival on October 9 2021.
Is there anything you’d like for people to know about Mongolia?
GALA: On top of the history, we love to share the nobility practice that came from our ancestors that can be useful to the modern world. That ancient way of living is one of the greatest assets that humankind can have. One of our main goals is to share that feeling of how the nomadic way of living can be.
How do you feel about playing at Coachella?
JAYA: Not only are we excited to play at Coachella, but also people in Mongolia and our fans [are excited for them to play at the festival]. Everybody that we know is so excited for us to play at Coachella and is cheering us on. We can’t wait to go to our rehearsals to prepare for it.
source: (Desert Sun)
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