President
Ts. Elbegdorj planted trees in the yard of the 56^th kindergarten in
Ulaanbaaaor on Saturday, marking Mongolia“s first Planting Day. He
had issued a decree issued on April 16 that Mongolians are to plant trees on
every second Saturday of May and October. Altogether 129,495 trees were planted
throughout the country on Saturday. “The most important work after
planting trees is that we must take care of the trees as we take care of our
infants,” the President said.

The
President was accompanied by L.Gansukh, Minister of Environment, while
D.Demberel, Speaker of Parliament, along with other MPs, planted trees in the Botanic
Garden of the Academy
of Science while Prime Minister
S.Batbold was in action in the National Park.

Mongolia is a country with a fragile
ecological environment and a low forest coverage rate. Almost 72 percent of its
total land has turned into desert, and about 90 percent of its grassland, which
once fed its cattle, has badly deteriorated.