Law amending the Environmental Protection Law. Country/Territory Mongolia Document type Legislation Date 2005 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Monitoring Community management Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations Entry into force notes The Law enters into force from the date of its official publication. Abstract The following amendments shall be added to the Environmental Protection Law: 1) Sub-paragraph 6 of the Paragraph 2 of the Article 27 shall acquire a new wording: “6. to increase the public participation in the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of natural resources, and monitoring activities, and to trigger the public initiatives, consult, support, organize and cooperate with local communities”; 2) Article 311 shall acquire a new wording: “The local community members can take part in conservation activities by organizing a user group in compliance with the Article 3, Paragraph 2, Sub-paragraph 8 of this Law and shall have a privileged right for the use and possession of the specific natural resource within the territory, the conservation of which they are responsible for according to the contract within the existing legislation. The membership number of the user group, the size of the area, the natural resources deposits, and their specific features shall be considered when the responsibility for the specific natural resources is delegated to the user group according to the contract. The specific natural resources under the responsibility of the user group shall not include the land, underground resources, pasture, the water resources, and special purposes land.” Full text English References - Legislation Amends Environmental Protection Law No. of 1995. Legislation | Mongolia | 1995 Keyword: Framework law, Institution, Hazards, Early warning system, Ecosystem preservation, EIA, Environmental fees/charges, Erosion, Environmental planning, Inspection, Special fund, Subsidy/incentive, Protection of environment, Policy/planning, Sustainable development, Sustainable use, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX