76.9% of Mongolian land is affected by desertification. In September 2021, President Khurelsukh addressed the UN General Assembly with a national pledge: one billion trees by 2030. Rara Avis plants, monitors, and grows those trees at Big Sky Lodge through our Roots and Retreats initiative. Every guest adds one more.
76.9% of Mongolian land is classified as degraded or desertified by the national environment agency. A generation ago the figure sat under 40%. The trajectory is vertical.
Reforestation is the single most cost-effective response. Mongolia's President pledged one billion trees to the United Nations by 2030. Every tree we plant counts toward that pledge.
A physical tree in the ground, a certificate in your hand, GPS coordinates you can visit. No offsets, no vouchers, no third-party brokers. No greenwashing.
One place, one project, one ranger team. The Rara Avis Forest sits at 1,645 metres inside Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, an hour east of Ulaanbaatar. Every tree sponsored on this page is planted here and monitored by the same team.
Every tier plants physical seedlings at Big Sky Lodge, Arkhangai. GPS coordinates, certificate, and 24-month monitoring come standard. The larger the grove, the deeper the connection.
Every sponsor receives a printed certificate with the recipient's name, planting date, GPS coordinates, and species. The physical document is posted after the tree is in the ground, not before. Digital copies are sent the same week.
Every tree in the programme is planted in one place: the Rara Avis Forest at Big Sky Lodge in Arkhangai Province, 47.98 degrees north, 107.45 degrees east. Rangers monitor the grove year-round and submit planting records to Mongolia's Ministry of Environment.
For companies, conferences, and private groups who want to leave Mongolia with more than photographs. We dedicate a named grove at Big Sky Lodge in your organisation's name, plant a tree for every attendee, and deliver individual certificates with GPS coordinates for each one.
Documentation is aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goal 15 (Life on Land) and SDG 13 (Climate Action), so your ESG team can file it without rewriting a single line. Trees are planted and monitored on the same schedule as the public program. No offset vouchers, no resale, no third-party brokering.
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Every tree sponsored today joins the next planting window at Big Sky Lodge, receives its own GPS coordinates, and enters the 24-month monitoring program. You can sponsor a single tree, gift one in another person's name, or fund an entire grove for your team.