Mongolia

Mongolia signs landmark climate finance deal for its grasslands

April 23, 2024 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

Mongolia’s government and a coalition of partners have signed a nature finance agreement aimed at protecting 35.6 million acres of the country’s lands and waters, including the world’s last great tract of temperate grassland. The agreement dubbed “Eternal Mongolia” will see a global donor-supported transition fund worth $71 million combined with a government commitment to spend $127 million on conservation over a 15-year period.

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‘Historic milestone’ as global child mortality hits record low of 4.9 million in 2022

March 12, 2024 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

Figures newly released by the U.N. Interagency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) reveal the global under-five mortality rate has declined by 51% since 2000 reaching an all-time low. Some countries such as Cambodia, Malawi, Mongolia, and Rwanda reduced under-five mortality rate by over 75% over the time period. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell praised the dedicated efforts of midwives, health workers and community health workers, whose commitment has contributed to the remarkable decline.

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Mongolia to spend no less than one percent of GDP to plant one billion trees

October 6, 2021 | By Peter Schulte | Change Milestones

The goal is to create a legal environment in which at least 1% of Mongolia’s GDP to be spent annually on combating climate change and desertification, and on increasing environmentally friendly and green facilities.

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Inner Mongolia tourism boosts social progress and economic growth

July 31, 2017 | By Peter Schulte | Change Milestones

Total tourism revenue in the region hit 226 billion yuan ($33 billion), an increase of 25 per cent year-on-year.

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Mongolia, led by Bogd Khan, declares independence from China

December 29, 1911 | By Peter Schulte | Past Progress

The Mongolian Revolution of 1911 (Outer Mongolian Revolution of 1911) occurred when the region of Outer Mongolia declared its independence from the Manchu-led Qing dynasty during the Xinhai Revolution.

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Genghis Khan unites the Mongols, creating the Mongol Empire

April 4, 1206 | By Peter Schulte | Past Progress

The Mongol Empire emerged from the unification of several nomadic tribes in the Mongol homeland under the leadership of Genghis Khan, whom a council proclaimed ruler of all the Mongols in 1206.

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Modu Chanyu founds the Xiongnu Empire in modern-day Mongolia

September 25, 1002 | By Peter Schulte | Past Progress

The Xiongnu were a tribal confederation of nomadic peoples who, according to ancient Chinese sources, inhabited the eastern Eurasian Steppe from the 3rd century B.C.E. to the late 1st century C.E.

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Map of Slab Grave Culture and other cultures

The Slab Grave culture flourishes in modern-day Mongolia

May 28, 1002 | By Peter Schulte | Past Progress

The Slab Grave culture is a archaeological culture of the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Mongols from 1,300 to 300 B.C.E.

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