ADB  follows WB path - will it result in wetland and grassland destruction?
 
Asian Development Bank Loan
ADB East Asia Department is now developing a concept of 200 million loan  “Inner Mongolia Road Development”( Project Number 43029- 01 ).
The project plans to upgrade to international standards a rural road that spans Dalai […]

Khan Resources Inc., which owns mining rights to uranium deposits in Dornod,  announced Aug 20, 2010 that it has filed a statement of claim against Atomredmetzoloto JSC (”ARMZ”) and its affiliate JSC Priargunsky Industry Mining and Chemical Union (”JSC PIMCU”) with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
Immediately before that Khan Resources has […]

 The article in central Chinese newspaper gives interesting example of “ecological mirgantion” policy.
Hagenna lowered his head slowly while being asked whether he missed his hometown where he herded his sheep.
“It’s where I was born. Of course, I miss it,” said the 51-year-old Mongolian.
Hagenna used to live as a herdsman behind the Erlang Mountain […]

This  article by Li Xiaoshu in Xilinhot shows consequences of wetland and grassland destruction by industrial development in southern Dauria. It is not only a powerful warning to those who want to do the same in the Argun River Basin, but also a direct threat to Khalkh River, which could be soon diverted […]

July 26, Hulunbeier City Information Office held a press conference on July 18 Renmin Ribao web site contains “severe desertification in Inner Mongolia grassland Hulunbeier all the seven rivers drying up,” the article said: “open-pit mining is not only the destruction of grassland vegetation, more serious is the destruction of the groundwater […]