Incheon City Transfers 'Forest of Hope' with 60,000 Trees to Mongolia

Incheon City planted more than 60,000 trees in Dashinchilingsom, Mongolia, to create a forest and then transferred it to the local government.

On the 5th, the city announced that on the 3rd, it held a 'Forest Transfer Agreement Ceremony' with officials from Dashinchilingsom Office in Mongolia and the Green Asia Network Mongolia branch.

After signing an agreement with the Mongolian government to promote desertification and yellow dust prevention projects, the city has been continuously carrying out the 'Incheon Forest of Hope' project locally. The forest transferred this time was created by Incheon City as the second phase of the Forest of Hope project from 2013 to 2017, covering 45 hectares with an investment of over 900 million won.

Kim Cheolsu, Director of the Environment Bureau of Incheon City (second from the left), is taking a commemorative photo with local officials after holding the 'Afforestation Site Transfer Agreement Ceremony' on the 3rd at Dashinchilingsum, Mongolia.
[Photo by Incheon City]

The Incheon Forest of Hope cultivation project began in 2008 with the first phase, a citizen-led 'Yellow Dust Prevention Hope Tree Planting.' Since then, from 2013, it developed into the second phase project where Incheon City and its citizens cooperate to provide financial and technical support to developing countries experiencing desertification and land degradation, in accordance with the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

The third phase, which started in 2018, is scheduled to be completed by 2027.

Next month, the city plans to hold a tree planting event for the Incheon Forest of Hope at the afforestation site created in Sukhbaatar Khaan, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, together with a volunteer group composed of private organizations, elementary, middle, and high school students, university students, and general citizens.

Kim Cheolsu, Director of the Environment Bureau of Incheon City, said, "The second phase forest transfer ceremony is a meaningful occasion marking the successful completion of the public-private cooperation project carried out since 2013 to reduce yellow dust and fine dust," adding, "We will continue to support forest creation to prevent desertification in Mongolia until 2027."

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