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National standard for Barrier fences for railways and highways was approved
WWF-Mongolia, in collaboration with various stakeholders, has highlighted the need for and importance of wildlife friendly fences along the highway and railway. Through social media campaigns and engagement with public and private sector experts in the transport sector, significant progress has been made. A series of meetings and workshops were organized with the participation of the Ministry of Standards and Metrology, leading to the recent approval of the national standard for “Barrier fences for railways and highways. General requirements MNS 7042:2024”. This critical initiative was supported by funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Experts from the Policy and Planning Department, and the Railway and Maritime Transport Policy Planning Department of the Ministry of Road and Transport Development, and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism played an important role in the national standard's approval. A feature of the newly adopted standard is to make barrier fences on railways and highways without barbed. This will reduce the risk of hundreds of migratory species being caught in barbed fences. In addition, the standard specifies that fences should be made that wild animals can move without any barrier.
B.Gantulga, Senior species officer from WWF-Mongolia said “In recent years, the majority of Mongolia's budget has come from the mining sector. In this regard, the Mongolian government has planned to build new railways and roads in the coming years. By adopting these standards at this critical time, thousands of migratory wild animals are protected from danger. Working with government agencies and getting standards approved was not easy. However, we have achieved our goal through cooperation between the parties. Currently, we are also actively working to approve the Capital city standard for wildlife friendly fence”.
The implementation of this newly approved standard will facilitate the planning and construction of linear infrastructure with reduced negative impact on the migration of rare wild animals such as wild ass, goitered gazelle, Mongolian gazelle, argali, ibex, and Mongolian saiga.
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This critical initiative was supported by funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).