This information is reviewed and processed by local specialists and Oyu Tolgoi LLC and helps validate the results of environmental protection and monitoring initiatives implemented by Oyu Tolgoi LLC.

The TPC also developed a scientific environmental monitoring methodology suitable for herding practices. Soum residents and herders established the Munkh Nogoon Galba NGO /link to NGO information/ which has implemented environmental monitoring projects since 2018 including:

Water resources and precipitation
Soil degradation and soil moisture
Pasture and beneficial plants
Wildlife and natural open water bodies
Air quality and ambient dust
Comprehensive monitoring of sites potentially be impacted by mining operations
Ecological education for young people and students.