One billion trees planting program | |
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طرح ملی کاشت یک میلیارد درخت | |
Type of project | Afforestation |
Ministry | Minister of Road and Urban Development, Minister of Energy, Minister of Agriculture Jihad, Minister of Industries, Mines, Trade [1] [2] |
Funding | Iran oil industry provides part of 18000 billion toman |
Website | https://1btree.frw.ir/ |
The One Billion Tree Planting Project is an Iranian government project to plant trees from 2021-2025.
In 2021, the government directed the Minister of Agriculture Jihad, the Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization, and the Department of Environment to conduct the program. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Iran's water crisis fed doubts about the project's viability. [8] [9]
Three hundred million trees were to be planted by the government. 250 million saplings were to be produced annually. [10] [11] [12] Project goals include to revitalize natural jungles, to farm trees, to increase urban green space, and to counter sandstorms.
The Northern provinces were to receive crataegus and oak trees . In the west Carpinus betulus (European hornbeams). Central provinces would receive robinia, fraxinus, and persian lilacs. Finally, the Southern provinces would plant eucalyptus and mangrove trees. [7]
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