WASTE MANAGEMENT AT KHUVSGUL LAKE NATIONAL PARK

WASTE MANAGEMENT AT HOVSGOL NATIONAL PARK

From September 2020, ecoDevshilt received partial funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Global Nature Fund to expand activities in relation with waste management. This project includes a major national awareness and media campaign starting from 2021-2023 to urge Mongolian citizens not to litter.

Within framework of this project, we will:

Educate tourist and ger camps, business entities operating in the west shore of Hovsgol Lake National Park and families living in that area, schools and kindergarden of Hatgal village on littering, sorting waste at source and protect the nature with a multi-media information campaign, including TV, radio, website and social media platforms
Organize round table meetings and national conferences including competent authorities, organizations, international organizations and NGOs
Distribute bio-degradable bags to all tourists at the entrance of the National Park to bring out all the solid waste from National Park that they bring in
Distribute leaflets for waste education
Distribute waste separation systems and signs for tourist camps
Develop waste management system as pilot system nationwide

Mandukhai Chuluunbaatar

Khatgal office manager

For 22 years, EcoDevshilt NGO has been contributing its effort to protect the environment and voluntarily collecting, transporting and disposing abandoned waste on the west shore of Lake Hovsgol. From 2020, we have expanded our activities in cooperation with German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and Global Nature Fund to implement project “Protecting the ecosystem of the Lake Hovsgol National Park through waste management” involving local households and organizations on waste management, waste reduction and sorting waste at source.