Mongolia to have policy on green development

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Minister of Environment and Green Development S.Oyun MP submitted Friday to the Speaker draft Concept and Middle-Term Programme on Green Development. These documents have been worked out by the Ministry with an aim at ensuring implementation of the “Green Civilization” concept and programme having the purpose to develop the green development policy reflected in the 2012-2016 Action Programme of Government, the Minister said. The Minister considers that realizing the green development policy will give impetus for increasing the country’s economic growth and reducing poverty rate in a way of managing the mineral resource more appropriately. In addition, the concept determines goals and purposes for the green development until 2030 based on present situation, chance and advantages, whereas the middle-term programme designs policy and economic methods to ensure these goals and purposes.