Landscape-scale Planning to Support Conservation, Nomadic Livelihoods and Sustainable Development in Mongolia - Guiding Principle 3: Comprehensive Lifecycle Assessment of Sustainability

Infrastructure’s environmental, social, and economic sustainability should be assessed as early as possible in the planning and preparation cycle, covering both financial and non-financial factors across interdependent projects, systems and sectors over their lifecycles. Assessments should consider the cumulative impacts on ecosystems and communities as part of a broader landscape, beyond a project’s immediate vicinity, and take account of transnational impacts.