On the Bogd Khan Mountain project, Mongolians collaborate with international partners from Italy, the United States, and India. The local Mongolian authority of the Qing Dynasty designated Bogd Khan as a protected area for its natural beauty in 1783, making it the world’s second oldest officially protected natural site. On August 6, 1996, Bogd Khan Mountain was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List under the Cultural category.
Bogd-Khan Mountain is a hydrologically important part of the Arctic Ocean Basin's Tuul River
Basin, receiving an average annual rainfall of over 100 mm. Around 20 streams flow from the
mountain into the Tuul River, while other streams descend into the surrounding mountain slopes
and sedimentary depressions.
The Bogd-Khan Mountain Strictly Protected Area spans 41,651 hectares, of which 53.1% (22,129
hectares) are forest reserves. These include:
- 98.8% natural forest
- 0.1% cultivated forest
- 1.1% shrubbery
- 37.6% scattered trees
- 4.7% harvested trees
- 2.1% afforested land
- 3.2% additional afforested land
- 44% forested areas affected by pests
As part of the Bogd-Khan Mountain afforestation project, three million tree seedlings were planted to restore and expand the larch forest.
