2018 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Impacts of global resource use dynamics on local sustainability challenges: the case of Mongolia
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17F17002
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
高倉 浩樹 東北大学, 東北アジア研究センター, 教授 (00305400)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
DALAIBUYAN BYAMBAJAV 東北大学, 東北アジア研究センター, 外国人特別研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-07-26 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | Mining / local / communities / sustainable / development |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Carried out an extensive survey of social impacts of large-scale coal mining and coal transportation in Mongolia’s southern Gobi-desert region. The full report was published in Mongolian and presented to local government etc., partial results were published in international media sites.It provided a range of reccommendations to improve the labour conditions, manage dust impacts, and protect the rights of local herders. Importantly, as a result of the study, a local consultative mechanism was established.
Co-authored a teaching case at Simon Fraser University to present the lessons learned from the Mongolian case and share good practice on increasing long-term benefits from mining for local communities.
At Tohoku University,we discussed about exploring the life of closed and abandoned mines in Japan and had scoping visits to several closed mines, mainly to explore their social and sustainability dimensions. I published a photo-essay on one of two mines that I visited and shared it through GOXI network, a global online portal.
Organized Mongolia-Japan workshop at the Institute of Gecoecology and Geography of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS) to forge research collaboration between Tohoku University and the MAS.
Dr. Dalaibuyan presented his research at a special monthly talk at the Sustainable Minerals Institute in Australia, one of the leading research institutes in the world in the field of mining and sustainability.
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| Research Progress Status |
平成30年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
平成30年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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