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glands etc) mainly by local people and companies Main problems of sustainable use and wildlife conservation in Mongolia prior to the 1 st Conference 2006 in Prague (check http://www.fao.org/forestry/26841@101900/en ) Inter-sectoralmanagement 1.Very weak technical and human capacities, especially on county level and some PAs 2.Strong competition on water and pasture resources (especially in Gobi region) 3.Insufficient number of specialists 4.Strong habitat degradation 5.Wide-spread poaching 6.Uncontrolled and over-hunting by local people Benefits of workshops in Prague and Antalyafor Mongolia What has been improved: 1.Monitoring is well established in some endangered species (wild sheep, saiga, Mongolian gazelle etc.) 2.Better quota mechanism... 3.Better regulations on hunting tourism 4.Establishment of National Program on Hunting and Conservation of Fish in Mongolia by Mongolian Government (2008) What has been improved: 5. Government resolution cBan on export of Mongolian gazelle and Red deer horns dfrom August 2008 6.<br><br> Grey wolf hunting ban in Eastern Mongolia by order of Minister for Nature and Environment from September 2007 till the end of 2008. 7. Mongolian marmot hunting ban on national level by order of Minister for Nature and Environment from 2006 till 2009 8.<br><br> Wild sheep hunting ban in 4 provinces for 2 years from December 2007 by order of Minister for Nature and Environment 9. Very active International cooperation on research and conservation of Gobi bear, brown bear, wild camel, Mongolian gazelle, wild ass, Mongolian saiga, and some small carnivores, birds and fishes with Japanese, US, German, Austrian, UK, Dutch and other countries 9governments, scientists and NGOs What has been improved: 10. Third wild horse re-introduction site has been established in western Mongolia by support of French government 11.<br><br> New cRegulation on catching, handling, collaring and ringing of wildlife species dby joint decision of MNET and MAS, 2008 12. New regulation on wildlife hunting, catching and licensing has been approved in 2008 13. New regulation on export of wildlife products and scientific samples has been approved in 2007 Current most important and expected problems for sustainable use and wildlife conservation in Mongolia Policy and Legislation 1.Lack of Action plans for the most of wildlife species 2.Lack of wildlife management authorities and policy 3.Corruption 4.Inappropriate allocation of revenues from hunting (on local level) 5.Weak control of international trade in trophies and other hunting products (especially in border custom points) 6.Lack of hunting farm (îõîòíè÷èõ óãîäèé) legislation Sectoralmanagement "Luck of monitoring in majority of species "Inappropriate quotas establishment mechanism (now only on local level) "Institutional deficiencies (lack of any wildlife management departments/agencies at least on ministerial level) "Ianappropriatehunting tourism (too many non-professional hunting companies) "...<br><br> Inter-sectoralmanagement "Still weak technical and human capacities and funds, especially on county level and some PAs "Strong competition on water and pasture resources "Strong habitat degradation "Wide-spread poaching "Uncontrolled and over-hunting by local people "Inter-institutional cooperation Socio-economic problems "Lack of local community awareness regarding the legislation, regulations "Private sector lacking incentives to invest "Unreasonable increase in livestock number "Insufficient habitat for wildlife distribution "Illegal export of wildlife products (ungulate horns, skins, meat, gall-bladder, musk glands etc.) mainly by local people and companies due to high demand in oriental medicine "Luck of funding Existing environmental problems cGlobal warming dwhich leads to: "Desertification and aridization(droughts) "Degradation (habitat and pasture) "Deforestation (forest and steppe fires) "Harsh winters "Strong decrease of water sources (lakes, ponds, streams and rivers are dried out) Problems for which help of international experts is needed most in Mongolia: 1.Hunting tourism 2.Hunting management and evaluation system 3.Wildlife monitoring system 4.Wildlife research, management and conservation funding 5.Technical support "Thank you very much for your attention!

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