Ecological mapping and evaluation of Mongolian nature based on remote sensing data

The growing negative tendencies changing Mongolian nature has led to the undertaking of research work on ecological mapping and the overall evaluation of the environmental situation as well as work on the country´s natural resources. These studies were initially launched in 1988 and are planned to be completed in 1993. The project is aimed at mapping human-made degradation which occurred in the Mongolian natural environment on a scale 1:1,000,000 and 1:200,000 based on remote sensing data. On the basis of the evaluations and results from this project, the authors deem it is necessary to elaborate (in cooperation with all interested foreign and national institutions) a scientifically well-sounded concept of national ecologically critical situations in different regions of Mongolia and to put the resources management on an environmentally safe footing. The remote sensing based Mongolian natural resources information system assembles available data on features of the natural environment of Mongolia and was designed to assist decisions in policies on resource use on a central Asia continental scale