Egypt to launch presidential initiative of planting 100 million trees nationwide soon – Egypt Today

Egypt to launch presidential initiative of planting 100 million trees nationwide soon – Egypt Today

CAIRO – 7 August 2022: Egypt will soon launch a presidential campaign of planting 100 million trees nationwide, announced the cabinet in a statement on Sunday. The "100 million trees" campaign comes under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi as part of Egypt’s efforts regarding the climate file, coinciding with the 27th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) due to be held in the Egyptian city of Sharm el Sheikh in November, the statement said. Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli said that this initiative will begin with extensive planting on both sides of highways, and we also aim to increase the green areas in urban cities, the statement continued. The Prime Minister directed the ministers who attended the meeting to prepare a plan for the afforestation of new axes and roads, taking into account the need to have an appropriate code for the type of trees that will be planted. The Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawy said, at the meeting, that there are 9,900 sites with a total area of 6600 acres that have been pinpointed nationwide to be suitable for tree forests or gardens. As