Uvs Nuur Basin, Russia and Mongolia
The Uvs Nuur Basin is perhaps less known for climate damage than Siberia’s forests that unleashed country-sized chunks of carbon dioxide due to wildfires in recent years. But the UNESCO World Heritage Site that straddles the Mongolia-Russia border has also been impacted by wildfires as well as deforestation tied to livestock grazing, both of which have led to the region turning into a net emitter.
