Abstract
After the transition to democracy, Mongolia has formulated a policy to promote sustainable development and bring an EIA system here. However, the EIA requires transparency and accountability, and these mechanisms are weak at the decision making level due to the influence of socialist procedures. This study reviews the current situation of public participation in EIA in Mongolia and aims to identify necessarily decisive issues with legislative processes regarding EIA law. The results show that the overall level of public participation in EIA is a token, close to non-participation in practice. To renew the EIA systemand methods of public participation is critical to formulate “meaningfull replies”.
