Mongolia, UNDP sign environment pact

Mongolia’s Environment and Tourism Minister, L. Gansukh, and the United Nations Development Programme’s Tomas Erickson have signed an agreement to strengthen environmental oversight in Mongolia. The agreement was hammered out by the Mongolian government, the UNDP, and Australian Development Aid. The agreement aims to beef up laws protecting the environment, improve monitoring for environmental damage, and increase public awareness of the need to protect the environment.