During the past socialism, the country had many state owned tree nurseries in northern Mongolia, especially in Selenge region. In early 1990s, when Mongolia started shifting to a market economy, the forestry sector has completely failed and practically all tree nurseries had to have closed down, except a few. With issuance of Community Forestry Regulations by Ministry of Nature and Environment in 1998, many communities in Selenge region are now interested in tree nurseries.
Tunhel village used to be one of the areas where most terrible forest destructions took place over the last 35-40 years.
This grant is to assist local residents of Tunkhel village in establishing a tree nursery to rehabilitate destructed forest mountains around the village.
4 greenhouses were put up. Seeds of tree different trees were planted in the greenhouses. The growing rate is about 80%. Over 20,000 seedlings were raised in 2004 and 40,000 seedlings in 2005. From the spring of 2006, they will start selling 2 year old seedlings for afforestation and reforestation purposes.