the vegetation density on planted areas is some trees per ha in the valleys of the kopetdag mountains for instance specially planted oaks can be found which are years old and more and there is also evidence that oriental plane mulberry walnut and other trees were planted it was in that planned and systematic work aimed at creating artificial humanmade plantations really began on a full scale these efforts involved planting trees in mountain areas in the desert and on irrigated land specially created within the confines of the territory owned by the state forestry authorities