PTI government earns international praise for 10 billion tree tsunami project
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Prime Minister Imran Khan link appreciated his team’s performance as UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has praised the 10 billion Tree Tsunami project link.
“We are at a point in history where we need to act, and Pakistan is leading on this important effort,” says UNEP link.
As the world prepares to mark five decades of the environmental movement at Stockholm +50 this June, UNEP link looking back at projects and initiatives that have positively impacted the environment and people’s lives - and how we can accelerate action on sustainability.
Almost one year into the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030, Pakistan is showing what is possible by pushing forward on its Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Project link (TBTTP).
The ambitious project – which aims to revive forest and wildlife resources in Pakistan and bring a host of other benefits – planted 1.42 billion trees between 2019 and December 2021, covering 1.36 million acres across almost 10,000 sites.
“Large scale restoration initiatives such as The Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Project link central to Pakistan’s efforts to support the UN Decade and to increase ecosystem restoration,” said Dechen Tsering, UNEP’s Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific.
“We are at a point in history where we need to act, and Pakistan is leading on this important effort.”
Pakistan, which hosted World Environment Day in 2021, is particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change.
