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NEW [17.6.2] Ajou people participate in the Suwon Citizens Forest Project in Mongolia

  • 2017-06-28
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Members of the Ajou University community, or Ajou people, participated in the Suwon Citizens Forest Project held in Mongolia and planted about 10,000 trees. The Project, which began in 2011 under the initiative of the Suwon Municipal Government, aims to stop desertification and reduce yellow dust in Mongolia.


The event, which was held from May 25th to the 29th in Erdene Soum, was attended by 40 officials from Suwon City, including Deputy Mayor Tae Ho Do, and 52 Ajou people, including Dean Heung Sik Kim of the Graduate School of Public Affairs, Dean Byoung Kwan Kim of the College of Social Sciences, Vice President for Student Affairs Jai Hyoung Cho, Executive Director Yeong Hyeon Lee from the Daewoo Educational Foundation, students from the Graduate School of Public Affairs, and members of the community service club.


Suwon City plans to create a forest over the next decade by planting 100,000 trees – 10,000 per year – and build an irrigation system for the effective management of the forest.


In addition, Ajou people donated books and stationery and discussed bilateral exchanges and cooperation during their visit to Ulaanbaatar University. They also visited the Korean Embassy in Mongolia at the invitation of Ambassador Song Oh.