Mongolia on Monday started organising a national conference on forestry to explore ways to combat desertification, reduce land degradation and plant more trees.
The week-long conference is being held under the auspices of Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, who recently initiated a national tree-planting campaign to combat climate change and desertification.
Around 800 relevant officials, experts, scholars and researchers across the country are participating in the conference virtually or in person.
Participants are expected to discuss and exchange views on afforestation and reforestation, desertification and land degradation, the development of agroforestry, and public-private partnership in this area.
The Asian country has a total land area of 1,564,116 square kilometres but forests cover only 7.9 per cent.
According to the country’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism, around 77 per cent of the country’s entire territory has been affected by desertification and land degradation.
Mongolia hosts national conference to combat desertification, reduce land degradation
