Individuals  and organisations across Mongolia were mobilised, into an army of  trees planters as  the 9th National Tree Planting  Day was held on Saturday 12 May.

Nearly 21 thousand people planted 55 thousand trees and 17 thousand bushes at the National Park, the Mongol Naadam Complex and near the somewhat less picturesque Ulaanbaatar Central Wastewater Treatment Plant. They also watered and cared for the trees which had been planted previously.

Ulaanbaatar city administration announced 2018 as the year for improving the environment in which the population lives with the cooperation of the  public.

A hectare of forest can refresh 18 cubic meters of air, absorb 25 percent of all noise, moisten 76 percent of air-borne dust and soak up 30-35 percent of air-pollution.