The project aims to spearhead integrated natural resource management of the Baikal Lake Basin and Hovsgol Lake, ensuring ecosystem resilience and reduced water quality threats from sustainable economic development. Financed by the Global Environmental Facility and co-financed by the governments of Russia and Mongolia, the project is executed by the United Nations Development Programme and supported by partner ministries in Russia and Mongolia. It addresses threats from intensive development, increasing water demand, climate change, pollution, and aims to overcome policy gaps, institutional weaknesses, and low awareness of transboundary issues in the Baikal Basin.