Join us for a talk on mining development and environmental rehabilitation challenges\, M ongolia’s case\, with Bolormaa Purevjav\, a Chair at the C entre for Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainable Development\, a national N GO in Mongolia\, and a CIRDI fellow. This event is part of the ongoing Poli cy@UBC series and CIRDI seminar series.
Thursday\, April 13\, 2017
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
<
span style="color: #000000">Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues
All welcome. Refreshments provided
|
Mongolia is a mineral rich country. Following a democrat ic revolution in 1989\, rapid institutional changes have taken place\; and since then Mongolia has been on its path to building a prosperous democrati c society. This path has not been easy and straightforward. In early 1990s a dramatic economic downturn resulted in massive jobs losses\; and natural disasters killed ten million of livestock and left herders with nothing to live. As a response to the economic downturn\, the Mongolian Government cr eated a Gold program in 1992 which led to a rapid mining development. The mining industry growth during 1992- 2005 addressed economic issues and impo ved the standard of living\, however\, it also impacted environment and soc iety in a significant way. Grassroots movements in 2005 led to the cancella tion of several mining projects due to pollution of rivers\, pasture degrad ation and very little economic benefits to local people. To address the en vironmental issues\, a new environmental law was passed in 2012. In paralle l\, the Mining Ministry developed a first ever mining strategic policy docu ment to ensure the development of “responsible mining” in the country and t o smooth operations on the ground while increasing enviromental and social requirements for the mining industry. Along with formal mining the communit y artisanal mining has also grown and caused significant land degradation. Despite all these issues\, it is clear that Mongolia is emerging as a stro ng mining country. Implementation of integrated water management plans rem ains a challenge and an important action item\, where promoting good enviro nmental rehabilitation practices by mining companies and by emerging ASM co mmunities plays an important role.
About Bolormaa
Mrs. Bolormaa Purevjav is a Chair at the Centre for Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainable Development (SESD)\, a national NGO in Mongolia. She is an engi neering graduate from the University of Brno\, Czech Republic\, and has als o earned an MBA degree from the Griffith University in Australia. She is cu rrently working in Vancouver as a CIRDI fellow.
Bolormaa possesses ov er 15 years of experience in the international development field managing p rograms and projects focused on broad economic and social development topic s\, such as gender\, human rights based approaches and sustainable developm ent. Her areas of expertise include stakeholder engagement in extractive in dustry\; community development and empowerment\; establishing local multi-s takeholder councils at local level as a platform for stakeholder constructi ve engagement\; participatory planning and conflict prevention.
She h as also facilitated development of environmental management plans at local level to balance economic growth and environmental protection in order to p roduce positive sustainable outcomes. She has extensively worked in the fie ld and promoted establishment of water quality monitoring groups in 38 comm unities.
Bolormaa has worked in a diverse range of organizations\, in cluding Ministry of Education\, Culture and Science of Mongolia\; UNDP Mong olia as a project manager\; Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation as community development component leader and The Asia Foundation where she l ed the environmental program from 2011 to 2016.
Bolormaa is passionat e about developing and implementing community-based environmental rehabilit ation and conservation projects\, as well as disseminating good environment al practices to make positive changes.
Co-sponsored by CIRDI and the Liu Institute for Global Issues
| < img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-458" src="http://liu.arts.ubc.c a/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Policy@UBC_LIU_Website-300x82.jpg" alt="Policy @ UBC\, Liu" width="300" height="82" /> |
< table>
