Climate change adaptation is one of the key focusing issue for WWF-Mongolia and its partners. Thus, WWF-Mongolia and Administration of Mongol Els National Park with strong support by school children-eco club members have been planting trees in a greenhouse since 2022. For the planting, the tree species (e.g. elm, Saxaul, Acer ginnala, Elaeagnus moorcroftii) well grown and adapted to the semi-dessert ecosystem were selected.

Climate change adaptation is one of the key focusing issue for WWF-Mongolia and its partners. Thus, WWF-Mongolia and Administration of Mongol Els National Park with strong support by school children-eco club members have been planting trees in a greenhouse since 2022. For the planting, the tree species (e.g. elm, Saxaul, Acer ginnala, Elaeagnus moorcroftii) well grown and adapted to the semi-dessert ecosystem were selected. At present, there a total of 4,850 elm seedlings planted in the greenhouse. According to their measurements, annual growths of the planted elms are 10-30 cm and 105 elm seedlings (or 2.1 %) showed unsuccessful growth rates. There are 219 Acer ginnala seedlings planted and their survivability and annual growths are assessed as 98 percent and at 25-30 cm, respectively. There are also 352 seedlings of Elaeagnus moorcroftii, the endemic to Gobi Desert species, planted and grown in the greenhouse. Their survivability is 100 percent according to the measurements.
Actively participated in the planting, the eco-club members are learning a lot about how to plant and care tree seedlings and what woody plant species are well grown and adapted to the ecosystem. The children say that above all, watering should be done regularly with a properly set scheme and method. Selected and maintained a small plot for tree planting inside the school’s fence, the school children started planting by seed and twigs of some woody plant species including Saxaul that are well grown and adapted in the semi-dessert ecosystem in the plot under a campaign “One Tree per a School Child”.

The children say that above all, watering should be done regularly with a properly set scheme and method.

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Eco-club members-school children are active in tree planting and watering

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