Tuul River Basin Report Card project launched in Mongolia

Tuul River Mongolia winds through Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with the city and smokestacks in the backgroundSimon Costanzo and Dylan Taillie recently traveled to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to begin development of a report card for the Tuul River basin. The Tuul River is highly influenced by sewage inputs from Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, and mining downstream of Ulaanbaatar. Close to 75 stakeholders convened for a workshop to identify key values and threats for the region and select indicators and thresholds to measure the health of the river system. The report card is being led by the Tuul River Basin Authority and the World Wildlife Fund Mongolia.