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Mongolia is a land-locked country, lying in central Asia.
Land area is 1.5 million square kilometres. The population
is about 2.3 million, and represents 1.4 persons per sq.
km. However, the population density is uneven through out
the whole territory. The one forth of the total population
lives in the capital Ulaanbaatar. Its territory covers ecologically critical transition zone, including the Syberian taiga forest, Central Asian steppe, Mountain forest steppe, high Altai mountains, and Gobi desert converge. This unique location leads Mongolia to declare its entire territory a biosphere preserve. Mongolia, the 'Land of Blue Sky' with more than 260 sunny days a year, is a country of permanently snowcapped high peaks, rocky landscape with a few scattered forests, dense forests, sand dunes, stunned lakes, wild horses galloping across the vast steppes, camels wandering in the desert, hospitable people with nomadic life style. Mongolian natural environment remains unspoiled. Nevertheless, there are some problems threatening the nature resulted from human behaviour. Unmanaged resource use has resulted in the deterioration of water and air quality in major cities, loss of biodiversity, increased rates of desertification, deforestation, and land erosion. These destructive patterns and the uneven population density require sustainable environmental and energy management. All these conditions indicate Mongolia as one of the elective land where to discuss environmental problems.
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