Impacts of global resource use dynamics on local sustainability challenges: the case of Mongolia

对蒙古南部戈壁沙漠地区大规模采煤和煤炭运输的社会影响进行了广泛的调查。报告全文用蒙古语发表，并提交给当地政府等，部分成果发表在国际媒体网站上，为改善劳动条件、管理粉尘影响和保护当地牧民的权利提出了一系列建议。重要的是，作为这项研究的结果，当地建立了咨询机制。与人合著了西蒙·弗雷泽大学的一个教学案例，展示了从蒙古案例中吸取的教训，并分享了为当地社区增加采矿长期利益的良好做法。在东北大学，我们讨论了探索日本关闭和废弃矿山的生活，并对几个关闭的矿山进行了范围访问，主要是探索它们的社会和可持续发展层面。我发表了一篇关于我访问过的两个矿山中的一个的图文，并通过全球在线门户网站GOXI网络分享了这篇文章。在蒙古科学院地质生态与地理研究所组织了蒙古-日本研讨会，以促进东北大学和蒙古科学院之间的研究合作。Dalaibuyan在澳大利亚可持续矿产研究所举行的每月特别讲座上展示了他的研究成果，该研究所是世界上采矿和可持续发展领域的领先研究机构之一。

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.