Mountain and hills Greening

Special mountain ranges/ hills greening operation (plantation + conservation) are implemented on highly degraded the well- known mountain ranges/ hills, across the areas which have important religious, cultural and historical values and are in-needs of greening and environmental restoration. The mountain ranges/hills greening activities have been carried out at 17 key sites in three regions by DZGD. Accomplishments from 1997-1998 to 2018-2019 fiscal year are as follows.

Sr.			Name of Mountain range/hill	Site Area (ac)	Elevation(ft)	Plantations established (ac)		Natural forests conserved (ac)
Sagaing Region
1			Minwun Taung	18,965	1,332	3,870		21,000
2			Hpowin Taung	11,379	1,200	2,330		9,000
3			Bawdi-Kyaukkar Shwe Myin Tin-New Hkwe mountain range	20,520	1,962	7,305		8,000
Total of Sagaing Region				50,864		13,505 (5465.28 ha)		38,000 (15378.05 ha)
Magway Region
4		Tantkyi Taung		36,910	1,040	7,611		42,400
5		Tetma Taung		26,500	1,127	5,820		28,100
6		Shinma Taung		18,995	1,723	4,817		17,174
7		Kyauksin Taung		8,548	1,485	360		10,000
8		Minbu mountain range		14,515	483	7,355		15,000
9		Shwebone Taung		12,379	535	3,850		–
Total of Magway Region				117,847		29,813 (12064.89 ha)		112,674 (45597.55 ha)
Mandalay Region
10	Shwe Thar Hlaung Taung			1,137	975	145		2,000
11	Shwe Min Wun, Padamyar, Mae Nyo Taung			820	660	510		820
12	Minsone Taung			5,584	1,306		535	2,100
13	Kokke Taung			15,688	1,554		3,160	17,050
14	Taungthar Taung			3,302	1,788		1,455	5,200
15	Kyauk Talone Taung			2,867	902		1,750	3,000
16	Myinsaing Taung			2,700	1,316		1,025	1,950
17	Tuyin mountain range			2,760	1,423		2,600	5,760
	Total of Mandalay Region			34,858			11,180 (4524.39 ha)	37,880 (15329.49 ha)
	DZGD Total			203,569			54,498 (22054.56 ha)	188,554 (76305.10 ha)