Ulaanbaatar
China's practices in forestation under attention of Ministry
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Minister
of Environment and Tourism B.Bat-Erdene held a virtual meeting with Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the People's Republic of
China T. Badral.
Highlighting that Mongolian companies
are expressing their interest in cooperating with China as the country makes the environment and green development sector as a priority, Ambassador T.Badral noted that with its state policy an area of one million square kilometer has been reforested in China since 1978.
As
the most of the Mongolian students studying in China chose professions related to the social sciences, the sides noted the possibility of
further cooperation in training qualified professionals in the field of
environment and tourism, and agreed on the need of training personnel in the field of forestation and combating desertification.
Minister of
Environment and Tourism B.Bat-Erdene expressed his commitment to expand cooperation in introducing successful practices of China on
planting trees in the desert, sharing information and fighting against yellow
dust storm with aims to reducing desertification and successfully implementing ‘One Billion Trees’ nationwide campaign.
Furthermore, they discussed establishing a memorandum on
cooperation in the field of ecology and the environment between the Ministry of Environment and Tourism of
Mongolia and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of
China.
