This report aims to answer questions : Which are the important areas of natural habitat? How many and where are located the important areas of natural habitat in Mongolia? How many important areas of the natural habitat of Mongolia are threatened? How many of the important areas of natural habitat are in our aimag territory? In what ways can local people participate in the protection of important areas of natural habitat? How many of the protected areas overlap with the areas of mining? Should ‘tourist camps’ be allowed to be established within some of the important areas of natural habitat?
.As market reforms to the economy continue, and the country experiences rapid economic growth, Mongolia's natural habitats look set to enter a period of unprecedented pressure. Given the development pressures they face there is a need to assess the threats to important areas of natural habitat in Mongolia, including national and local protected areas, areas protected by international conventions and treaties, natural sacred sites and globally significant areas like Important Bird Areas - IBAs. There is a need to strengthen measures to safeguard these areas, and provide examples good practice to facilitate avoiding, mitigating and compensating for impacts.
In response to this need, The World Bank funded a study on the potential impacts of mining, infrastructure and tourism development on the important areas of natural habitat in Mongolia, and to make recommendations for further actions of implementation to mitigate adverse impacts. This report is intended for those who make decisions on land use, executing and implementing agencies, international funding organizations, national and international investors in mining, infrastructure and tourism industries, local and international environmental organizations, researchers and individuals.
Read or download the full report (pdf format, 9.18MB) here. Printed copies can be obtained from the WSCC office or the World Bank office in Ulaanbaatar.
Mongolian Important Bird Area (IBA) workshop was held in Ulaanbaatar in May 2007. Based on the results of the workshop and on follow-up work, the Mongolian IBA directory was launched in Ulaanbaatar in February 2009.
The Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) mostly breeds in eastern Russia, Mongolia and north-east China. The species is threatened largely by habitat loss, water pollution , hunting in its wintering grounds, and its population has been continuously declining over the last decade.
The Ministry of Nature and Environment of Mongolia and Cultural Properties Administration of Republic of Korea funded a study to collect baseline biological and ecological data, that can be used to prepare the animal and plant section of the Preservation and Management Plan for Cultural and Natural Heritages in Orkhon River Valley – one of two UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites in Mongolia. 
Mongolia supports the world's largest remaining breeding population of cinereous vultures, the largest bird of prey on the continent. Shooting, poisoning, loss of nesting habitat, human disturbance of nesting sites and food scarcity are threatening this surprisingly graceful bird. Since 2002, our researchers have collected data about their ecology in Erdenesant research camp.
This is the Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium between Mongolia and Republic of Korea which was held in September 30, 2006, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
WSCC is developing a reference database, Wildlife Information System (WIS), for literatures on vertebrates in Mongolia. The first major work was completed by Dr.Tseveenmyadag Natsagdorj of the Institute of Biology, MAS in 2005. It was a compilation of references published on Mongolian avian fauna in the last two centuries.