Mongolia Today: Science, Culture, Environment and Development: Badarch, D.: 9780700715985: Book: History: eCampus.com

Written by experts in their fields, this wide-ranging collection of essays provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study of contemporary Mongolia. Specific topics of discussion include, among others, the impact of industrialization, the nations's environmental policies, the status of biotechnological research and development, and the varieties of flora and fauna of the Gobi region. These readings reading offer a valuable resource for students and scholars of Central Asia, environmental studies, and development studies.

List of Plates

vii

Foreword

Natsagiin Bagabandi

In Memory of Andrei Dmitrievich Simukov (1902-1942)

Preface

Acknowledgements

xxi

Map 1 Mongolia

xxvii

Map 2 Endangered species of birds in Mongolia

xxviii

Map 3 Distribution of fish species in Mongolia

xxix

PART I Modernization

(66)

The Impacts of Industrialization in Mongolia

(18)

Dendeviin Badarch

Naidangiin Batsukh

Sereeteriin Batmunkh

Environmental Policy in Mongolia

(28)

Zambyn Batjargal

Review of Developments in Biotechnology in Mongolia

(18)

Bumbein Dashnyam

Raymond A. Zilinskas

PART II Traditional Culture and Indigenous Technologies

(74)

Mongolian Dairy Products

(17)

Rinchingiin Indra

Traditional Animal Husbandry Techniques Practiced by Mongolian Nomadic People

(28)

Myatavyn Tumurjav

Medicinal Plants of Mongolia and Their Use in Traditional Medicine

114

(27)

Urtnasangiin Ligaa

Danzanhuugiin Tsembel

PART III Biodiversity

141

(117)

Mongolian Birds

143

(29)

Ayurzanyn Bold

Mongolian Limnology and Ichthyology

172

(24)

Ayurin Dulmaa

Unique Microbiota of Mongolia

196

(26)

Baljinova Tsetseg

Flora and Fauna of the Gobi Desert

222

(16)

Tserendulamyn Shiirevdamba

Conservation Case Study of the Gobi Bear

238

(20)

Peter J. Balint

Jennifer A. Steinberg

Annex 1: List of Contributors

258

(2)

Annex 2: World Wide Web Sites Pertaining to Mongolia Compiled and Annotated

260

(8)

Beth Ann Bowers

Index

268


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