The ecological status of the Selenga River Basin (in Mongolia)
By the decision of UNESCO in 1996 lake Baikal was included in the list of Sites of world natural heritage and thereby Russia and Mongolia, together with the international community has committed itself to preserve its nature. The lake and the adjacent territory on which lives more than 3 million people, has all the necessary resources in order to on its banks lived spiritually and financially rich people. Only the use of modern high-tech economy will provide the necessary standard of living for the local population to support balanced and ecologically safe development of the unique territory. Effective policy in the field of nature protection and rational use of natural resources of Russia and Mongolia in the transboundary basin of lake Baikal can be done reliably only in the case of organization of a unified information space on the territory of the two countries. This article is the first experience of integrating the information resources of the Russian Federation and Mongolia to create a holistic picture of a single socio-natural geosystems of the Great lakes. The content of the article is based on officially published in 2012-2014. the materials of ministries and departments of Mongolia - state reports on the state of environment, statistical reports, and scientific and applied research carried out in the framework of UNDP Project «Integrated natural resources management of transboundary basin ecosystem of lake Baikal».