Ten Billion Tree Project to be Monitored Via Satellite- PM Khan

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Ten Billion Tree Project to be Monitored Via Satellite- PM Khan

Posted 30 mins ago by Raza Rizvi

Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has given a directive for his flagship project – the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Program – to be monitored through satellite images. The directive came in a meeting of the Special Committee on Climate Change held under the chairmanship of the premiere on Monday.

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The meeting was attended by the Chief Minister (CM) of the Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar, the CM of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Mahmood Khan, the CM of Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan, the Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the Minister for Planning Asad Umar, the Minister for Power Umar Ayub Khan, the Minister for Water Resources Muhammad Faisal Vawda, the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam, and the Minister of State Zartaj Gul.

The SAPM informed the attendees that the Billion Tree Tsunami Project in KP and the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami across the country have reduced Pakistan’s emissions growth to nine percent below the Business as Usual baseline and below the NDC (Nationally Determined Commitments).
He added that the country’s deforestation rate has significantly declined from 12000 hectares per year to 8000 hectares per year from 2012-2016, and will decline even more with the success of the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami project.

Pakistan is contributing less than 1 percent in global emissions. The overall ranking of the country vis-à-vis total emissions has shifted from 135 in 2015 to 133 in 2018 on per capita ranking.

The SAPM also updated the PM about the progress of the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami. He stated that the country is set to achieve its first Billion Tree target by the middle of 2021, which will be celebrated across the country. Additionally, Pakistan is on course to achieve Phase-I of 3.2 billion trees by 2023.

The committee was further informed that the consortium of three international agencies – the WWF, the IUCN, and the FAO – has already started working on the Third-Party monitoring of the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Program.
The PM also stressed the need for water treatment plants to treat the polluted rivers. He expressed his satisfaction over the progress made in the Billion Tree Tsunami Program and called for cooperation with SPARCO to ensure transparency in the project.

Ten Billion Tree Project to be Monitored Via Satellite- PM Khan

Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has given a directive for his flagship project – the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Program

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[Path-Finder]

I thought a satellite was launched for this purpose few years ago? to monitor irrigation lands, farming lands etc?

 

[maverick1977]

what a blessing of Allah is Mr. Khan for Pakistan.. so many great initiatives going on in this country

 

[Crimson Blue]

This must be an ISI propaganda ...

Billion tree program is clearly fake .... it is brain child of thoroughly corrupt Zulfi Bukhari.

Imran Khan is obviously corrupt as he is taking kickback from this program ....

Thank you Nawaz Sharif.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Seems like good project

 

[Myth_buster_1]

now imagine PMLN OR PPP get elected in next election and first thing they do is export lumber from these newly planted trees to India for peanuts..

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

Even if govt is successful in planting 20% of the desired target it will be a huge step. Good to read that new data suggests that deforestation rate has significantly declined in KP since 2013.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Even if govt is successful in planting 20% of the desired target it will be a huge step. Good to read that new data suggests that deforestation rate has significantly declined in KP since 2013.

Besides stopping deforestation...Pakistan should focus on mitigating land desertification and set a long term goal to slowly turn the deserts of Sindh and Balochistan green. Below is an informative video that touches on these things...and what is being done about it in other countries.

 

[blueazure]

this is a superb initiative and PM khan must be congratulated for this solely

 

[Men in Green]

Thank you Sindh Government.

 

[N.Siddiqui]

Trees add to the wealth of the nations. Trees are the jewels of the earth...the best project of PM IK.

 

[Path-Finder]

Need to bring baron lands with the help of dams back into agricultural land. this needs to be utmost priority for us.

 

[S A L M A N.]

I have seen the real imagery from the PRSS-O1 and PakTES-1A satellites launched in 2018.

Both can be used for this purpose. SUPARCO is already experienced in doing space-based land use and crop monitoring. They have the manpower and resources for this.

 

[maverick1977]

now imagine PMLN OR PPP get elected in next election and first thing they do is export lumber from these newly planted trees to India for peanuts..

Thats why timber mafia, and corrupt in pakistan needs to be hanged