According to Sukhgerel, this backlash against civil society has
coincided with the weakening of environmental protections. “The current
government is amending and/or adopting a huge number of laws and
policies at a very fast pace that are detrimental to the environment and
society. I would name the amendments to the law which Munkhbayar
attempted to protect, draft law on forced eviction, minerals law and
policy, foreign investment law and a number of laws on tax exemption for
extractive projects. Extractive industries are waging a huge campaign
on changing Mongolian laws to allow rampant, uncontrolled and
loss-making extraction of Mongolia’s wealth.”
http://www.transrivers.org/2014/1060/
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