In 2001, the Republic of Tuvalu, an island country located in the South Pacific, renounced its sovereignty over its land territory because of the rising sea levels caused by global warming. Its citizens who had no direct relationship with the cause of global warming, became victims of the increased greenhouse gas emissions and desertification caused, by advanced countries? rampant economic growth. Recently, Mongolia has also been experiencing rapid drying of its land; however, this situation has not attracted international attention, or is the country dealing with it internally. According to the United States Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), one-third of the Earth?s surface is currently undergoing desertification, with an area of approximately 3,500 sq. kilometers in Northeast Asia alone being adversely affected. Research published in 2006 from the Mongolia Desertification Research Institute demonstrates that 90% of Mongolia?s territory, at that time, was in a serious state of desertification. A rise in the Earth?s temperature has caused this desertification, which has resulted in increased dryness, depleted water resources, a resulting increase in vermin, vulnerable forest systems, harmed logging processes, and damaged grazing lands throughout the country. All of this is exacerbated by increased traffic volumes, and high population densities. Seventy-five percent of Mongolia?s plant species have also become extinct in the past 10 years, and the shortage of water due to sand deposits caused by decreased water levels in the country?s forests and rivers, has become a life-threatening problem. Mongolia?s rapid desertification is accelerating the drying of the lands and drought, leading to a serious water- resource problem.