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Mongolia-ROK Friendship Park — Korea-Mongolia Urban Greenbelt Against Yellow Dust

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Korea's Forest Service and Mongolia's environment ministry built a 40-hectare urban forest in Ulaanbaatar's Sukhbaatar district (2017-2022), planting 55,000 trees and shrubs of 36 species to curb yellow-dust storms and air pollution in one of the world's most polluted capitals.

40 ha
Urban forest area created (2017-2022)
55,000
Trees and shrubs planted (2017-2022)
Mongolia-ROK Friendship Park — Korea-Mongolia Urban Greenbelt Against Yellow Dust

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Korea Forest Service / Mongolia Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Period
2017-2022
Keywords
urban forestry, air pollution mitigation, desertification control, bilateral cooperation

Context

Ulaanbaatar has among the world's worst winter air pollution, driven largely by coal-stove heating in ger districts, plus recurring yellow-dust storms linked to regional desertification, and had almost no dedicated urban forest before this project.

Activities

Korea Forest Service and Mongolia's Ministry of Environment and Tourism built the 40-hectare Mongolia-ROK Friendship Park in Ulaanbaatar's Sukhbaatar district under a 2006 forestry cooperation agreement, planting roughly 55,000 trees and shrubs of 36 species across two phases (2017-2022) targeting yellow-dust suppression and air pollution.

Results

The project is documented at output level — hectares planted, tree counts, species diversity, phased bilateral delivery — in Mongolian and Korean media and the Urban Nature Atlas nature-based-solutions database; no published air-quality or dust-reduction monitoring specific to the park was found.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
Korea Forest Service technical team, Mongolia Ministry of Environment and Tourism

Conditions for success

  • Land tenure secured under a bilateral forestry cooperation agreement (2006)
  • Multi-year phased delivery (2017-2022) sustained across two governments

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