Gov’t, private sector team up to plant 50 million trees using smart technology

Ulaanbaatar/Mongolia – Five companies specialized in forest rehabilitation and afforestation have joined forces to launch the “Tree Program” to plant 50 million trees over 10 years.

The program is being implemented in cooperation with the Mongolian Agricultural University and the Siberian Institute of Horticulture and Research under the Russian Academy of Sciences.

B.Munkhbat, an associate professor at the University of Agriculture said: “When planting in the soil, the depth of soil moisture must first be determined. Assuming a two-year-old tree is to be planted, the height will be about 15 cm. When it needs to be planted in the Gobi soil, the soil moisture must be very low at about 50-60 cm below because the Gobi has less water.”

The initiators of the program created a smartphone application called “Tree” that allows people who want to plant trees but do not have their land or do not know how to plant them to use electronic technology and plant and grow trees.

Therefore, if someone desires to plant a tree, they can place an order through this application, and the ordered tree would be planted and grown by professionals on your behalf.

“You can order 5 types from us online. For 2 years, professionals will grow and care for your tree. Then you can take the ordered tree and plant it in your yard and wherever you want. Or you can donate it to our rehabilitation and nursery fields and get a certificate for growing trees.” said General Coordinator of the “Tree” Program, L.Batzorig.

The technology has been proven to be 98% effective compared to traditional tree seed technology.

“We inherited this land from our ancestors. In the same way, it must be passed on to our descendants in its original form. Therefore, we started this program considering that if we get the gold from the ground, we have to plant trees to keep the remaining soil in its original state.” said B.Batbold, Director of the “KhuderKhugjil” tree planting company.