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From the Law on Environmental Protection...

Environmental
Information System

"Environmental information system" means a set of information technologies that ensures the collection, compilation, transmission, processing, use, storage, enrichment, modification, updating, and protection of environmental data and information.

ENVIRONMENT

Mongolia's Environmental Indicators

DESERTIFICATION

81.9%
Affected

A total of 76.9% of Mongolia's land area, equivalent to 120.3 million hectares, is affected by desertification. Of this area, 23% (30 million hectares) has undergone severe degradation, mainly due to climate change, pasture degradation, and improper land use.

Total Area 120.3 million ha
Severe Degradation 23% (30 million ha)

FOREST COVER

~8.71%
Covered by Forest

Forests cover approximately 8.71% of Mongolia's total land area. Desertification is most severe in the western, southern, and central regions.

By Region
Western Region High Risk
Southern Region High Risk
Central Region Medium Risk

WATER RESOURCES

16,933
Total Water Sources
Water Sources
Springs 9,755
Rivers & Streams 4,577
Lakes & Ponds 2,251
Mineral Springs 350
Our Mission

Digital Transformation
Environmental Database

In line with current developments in digital governance and information technology, we are modernizing Mongolia's environmental information system and transitioning to a unified e-service platform to provide reliable, timely, and accessible data services.

Our mission is to enable evidence-based policymaking by providing research-driven data as a foundation, while comprehensively upgrading software, introducing data exchange modules, improving infrastructure, and ensuring information security.

We are working to comprehensively modernize the environmental database software and system operations, introduce data exchange modules, improve technical infrastructure and equipment, and ensure information security.

23Core Databases
54Sub-Databases

Environmental
Information Sources

EIC