China and Mongolia pledge contribution to 3.9 million CNY Desertification Monitoring and Evaluation Project
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Summary
Funding agency [Type]
China Ministry of Ecology and Environment [Government Agency]
Recipient
Mongolia
Sector
General environmental protection (Code: 410)
Flow type
Vague TBD
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
On March 1, 2016, Mongolian Minister of Environment, Green Development and Tourism Namdag Battsereg met with Minister of Environmental Protection of China Chen Jining and decided to launch a 3.9 million CNY (almost US$600 thousand) monitoring and evaluation project on desertification in the bordering Mongolian and Chinese regions, as well as to cooperate in disposition of chemical waste and in combating the “yellow storms." It is unclear how much either country contributed to the overall project.
Number of official sources
0
Number of total sources
2
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
China-Mongolia Joint Desertification Monitoring and Evaluation Project [Joint Venture/Special Purpose Vehicle]