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Article: Mongolia's role in preserving world biodiversity.
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- Focus
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- September 22, 2002
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B. Chimed-Ochir is Head of the Project Office, World Wide Fund for Nature, in Ulaanbaatar. He has worked for a variety of other agencies associated with biodiversity and environmental protection.
Mongolia's ecosystems are globally unique
Mongolia is of global biological significance because it is located at the convergence of the Great Siberian taiga, the Central Asian steppe and the Central Asian deserts. This means that Mongolia has a rich diversity in transitional ecosystems that occur nowhere else.
Mongolia's biological uniqueness also stems from its distinct cultural and human landscape. No other country's dominant culture is defined so ...