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Articles | Volume XLVIII-1-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-2024-437-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-2024-437-2024
10 May 2024
 | 10 May 2024

The Progress/Status of Ecological Assessment on the Intensive Land Use in Selenge and Darkhan-Uul Province, Mongolia

Ochirkhuyag Lkhamjav, Uyanga Batbold, Delgertsetseg Renchinmyag, Bilguun Ulziibat, Uuriintsolmon Enkhtaivan, Ariunbold Erdenegerel, Oyundari Borkhuu, Solongo Tsogtbaatar, and Khaulanbek Akhmadi

Keywords: Ecological assessment, weighting approach, intensive land use, and multi-criteria decision-making

Abstract. The study area, it includes Darkhan-Uul and Selenge provinces of Mongolia, is included in the most favourable natural-geographical areas, and the migration of people with livestock from the peripheral areas has led to an increase in the population, as well as a sharp increase in the number of grazing animals, resulting in the effects of natural and human activities. give an evaluation, develop the basis for the proper use of the land in the future. In Mongolia, the methods and principles of land evaluation differ depending on the general classification and purpose of land, so considering these characteristics, land evaluation is carried out by (1) the Department of Agriculture, (2) the Department of Urban Development, Industry and Mines, (3) the Department of Roads and Networks, (4) it is divided into types of land with forest reserves (Tserenbaljir, B. Naranchimeg, 2004). In the "instructions for land evaluation" issued by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1976, in the assessment of land quality, in addition to the main indicators of soil fertility and moisture, climate, land cover and use, chemical pollutions such as an alkaline acidity. In the ecological assessment study, data on land use, soil, vegetation, climate, natural conditions, resources, socio-economic, satellite and field studies were collected in numerical and tabular form. The Ecological assessment in intensive land use is divided into qualitative and quantitative assessment. The Qualitative assessment predicts ecological properties. The Quantitative methods use multi-species numerical methods to record ecological elements and calculate the overall percentage of ecological characteristics.