In the faint orange morning light the countryside is both beautiful and silent. When day breaks the frighteningly clear blue skies dominate heavens over Darkhan. Situated in the North Western part of Mongolia close to the Russian Border it is the second largest city and coldest city in Mongolia.

In a 10 year span -1985 to 1995 - the equivalent of 65 years worth of tree growth were lost. Of the 73,600 hectares of forest destroyed during that period, only about 10 percent were destroyed by fire. Our project goal is to reforest 500 hectares or about 500,000 trees.