Mongolia has a territory of 1,567 million km², a current estimated population of 2.49 million people, and it is located on the territory of Central Asia, 1,580 m above the sea level. Mongolia borders with the Russian Federation and China, and occupies an ecological transition zone where Siberian taiga forest, Central Asian steppe, Altai mountains and Gobi desert meet. Mongolia has a unique biodiversity of flora and fauna. Today many of these areas provide habitat for representatives, and often-rare examples of the wild plants and animals of central and northern Asia. Wildlife species that have largely disappeared from the rest of the continent remain here, sometimes relatively abundant.

According to studies, Mongolia has 665 species of fauna and 5775 species of flora. (Figures 1- 2)