Egypt's PM reviews report on efforts to implement 100 Million Trees Initiative

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Sun, 08 Jan 2023 - 12:39 GMT

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Egypt Today staff

Sun, 08 Jan 2023 - 12:39 GMT

The Racosperma trees grow in the deserts of Halayeb, Shalateen and Marsa Alam, south of the Red Sea.

The Racosperma trees grow in the deserts of Halayeb, Shalateen and Marsa Alam, south of the Red Sea.

CAIRO - 8 January 2023: Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli reviewed Sunday a reported submitted by the Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Essam el Gazzar on efforts of the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) to implement the 100 Million Trees Initiative.

The prime minister reaffirmed the importance of the role of the presidential initiative in doubling the per capita share of green spaces throughout the Republic, ameliorating air quality, reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, achieving the maximum economic benefit from trees and improving the general health of citizens.

The housing minister's report shed light on the ministry's efforts in cooperation with the NUCA, together with the administration of newly established cities, with a view to putting the 100 Million Trees Initiative into effect.

According to the report about 635,000 trees and palm tress have been so far implanted in new cities across the various Egyptian governorates.

Efforts are underway to complete plantation of nearly one million trees during the current fiscal year, the number allocated as the NUCA's set quota in contribution to the initiative within its first year.

On October 22, Egypt began implementing the Presidential Initiative to plant 100 million trees in 9,900 sites across governorates on an area of ​​up to 6600 acres suitable for tree forests or gardens and to provide the necessary agricultural seedlings.
 
The Ministry of Local Development is following up on the tree-planting work. It is intended that the ministry will contribute to the initiative by planting 79.7 million trees, while the Ministry of Environment and Housing and New Urban Communities will complete the planting of 20.3 million trees.
 
 
The Ministry of Local Development aims to plant 7.7 million trees during the current fiscal year, of which 5 million trees are planted directly by the ministry and 2.7 the governorates are committed to planting them.
 
As part of the initiative, a total of 1.83 million trees are planted in Cairo, and 670,000 trees are planted in Giza. 
 
Major General Hisham Amna, Minister of Local Development, directed the executive bodies in the governorates, in coordination with civil associations active in the field of environmental improvement, members of Parliament, popular leaders, youth and businessmen, to promote the "100 million trees" initiative and plant trees on roads and central islands.
 
Egypt, which is hosting the upcoming COP27 climate conference, considers planting 100 million trees nationwide as part of the efforts to increase green spaces and reduce greenhouse gases in a bid to combat climate change. 

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