Government to Launch Greenbelt Plantation Project in Mongolia

①          reduce yellow dust and sandstorms blowing in from Mongolia, the government ②    __ a campaign on June 9 in Mongolia called＂Greenbelt Plantation Project.＂

Korea has been suffering from the annual atmospheric phenomena of yellow dust for many years. As the problem is getting worse year after year, officials from Korea and Mongolia decided to start the 9.5 million-dollar project in Ulaanbaatur ③          decrease the harmful dust.

The project is an initiative by the Korea Forestry service to plant some 1.5 million trees in Mongolia to prevent ④           desertification, which is leading to rampant yellow dust storms.

Korea is expecting the tree-planting project to slow down desertification and reduce the amount of dust carried into the ⑤           as a result.

About 10 kinds of trees will be planted including aspens, which are able to ⑥          in desert environments. The tree-planting program is an ⑦           of a 2006 agreement ⑧          on environmental issues between Mongolia and Korea.