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Tree Planting successfully continues in Khar Yamaat Nature Reserve

The tree planting was done by over 130 local people including officials and officers from local government, school, kindergarten, health centre, and private entities, and local residents. Moreover, a local co-operative donated and planted 25 elm seedlings in the area. On the Community Tree Planting Day, the participants planted for restoration, in addition to planting of seedlings in the forestation. According to the local government and communities, the five-hectare forestation area will be a park, one of key tourist destinations in the Nature Reserve, in the future.

WWF-Mongolia is responsible for conservation management of Khar Yamaat Nature Reserve in Eastern Mongolia in accordance with the Agreement between WWF-Mongolia, Ministry of Environment and Green Development, and Khentii and Sukhbaatar province governments made in 2013. Under the Agreement, the Nature Reserve’s conservation activities are successfully implemented through active stakeholder engagement.   
Amongst, annual tree planting or forestation has been done in a five-hectare area under a campaign “Tree Retains Water-Water Retains Life” launched in 2017.  In this forestation area, the species such as Ulmus pumila, Rosa acicularis, Rhododendron dauricum, Armeniaca sibirica, and Ribes diacantha are grown.  On October 15, 2022, the Community Tree Planting Day, a total of 1,025 elm seedlings were planted in the forestation area.  The tree planting was done by over 130 local people including officials and officers from local government, school, kindergarten, health centre, and private entities, and local residents.  Moreover, a local co-operative donated and planted 25 elm seedlings in the area.   
On the Community Tree Planting Day, the participants planted for restoration, in addition to planting of seedlings in the forestation. According to the local government and communities, the five-hectare forestation area will be a park, one of key tourist destinations in the Nature Reserve, in the future. 
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According to the local government and communities, the five-hectare forestation area will be a park, one of key tourist destinations in the Nature Reserve, in the future.

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