MTP｜2021 Inner Mongolia Forest Ecological Survey

It’s the eighth year since Million Tree Project started to carry out ecological survey of forest. Different from previous years, MTP has collected and made plant specimens while conducting ecological survey, and established our own specimen bank.  

As a long-term volunteer project of MTP, ecological survey have long been known for its hardship. Volunteers walk for hours through the tough desert and count thousands of grasses under the burning sun. In just four mornings, we sampled 42 sites together and found 14302 plants among them.

It’s already hard work to carry out ecological survey in forest, but this volunteer project is more than that. After the forest survey in the morning, the volunteers took a short break and then started to sort out the specimens collected in the forest. Working day and night, volunteers eventually finished 120 specimens of 65 species of plants from 25 families.

Participation and dedication from volunteers are greatly appreciated, we are also grateful for the guidance of botanist Shou Haiyang from Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden!