Tree Plantation in Pakistan

[insight-out]

You expect too much from Pakistani khopri

You expect too little.

 

[StormBreaker]

You expect too little.

I wish i am wrong

 

[ghazi52]

IIA to plant 0.5m trees

7,000 tress have been planted on 14 acres of land around Ramma Dam


APP
September 26, 2020

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad International Airport (IIA) management will plant 500,000 trees in next five years at the sprawling parameters under the vision of Prime Minister Clean and Green Pakistan Initiative.

This was stated by Aviation Division Secretary Hassan Nasir Jamy while inaugurating Miyawaki afforestation project at Ramma Dam site at IIA, said a press release. Speaking on the occasion, Jamy highlighted the significance of the campaign and termed it as a positive contribution towards Clean and Green Pakistan initiative. He further reiterated that it’s our responsibility to provide neat and clean environment to our next generation.

Miyawaki afforestation is a technique pioneered by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki which helps build dense forest by ensuring that plants grow 10 times faster. It involves dozens of native species in the same area which become maintenance free. Under this project, 5,400 plants of different species are planted in 5,400 square feet area. Apart from this, 7,000 tress have been planted on 14 acres of land around Ramma Dam. Later, aviation secretary also planted sapling at Ramma Dam.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 26th, 2020.

 

[ghazi52]

Urban Forest in Shah Faisal Town where 13,500 trees have been planted by Sindh Govt. This place a year back was encroached, filled with tons of garbage & today it has various kinds of trees.

 

[ali_raza]

Can anyone tell me, are we planting any Palm trees, Olive trees, or any other fruit bearing trees, that could also help the economy?

they will never think outside of box
but pine r being planted in islamabad

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

A good initiative at least in the KPK province due to more rain the benefits are visible and some extent also in Punjab, need greater effort in Sindh/Balochistan


This is massive change

 

[Awan68]

You expect too much from Pakistani khopri

Mate, Pakistani khopri is one of the best in the world, the only thing that has held us back is the security paradigm of the country post 80's and the successive incompitent regimes as the direct result of it, pre 80's we were the fastest growing economies in the world and well ahead of anyone in the region, even China.

 

[Kabira]

A good initiative at least in the KPK province due to more rain the benefits are visible and some extent also in Punjab, need greater effort in Sindh/Balochistan


This is massive change

Potis with their fake photos lol Are you blind?

 

[Pandora]

We import Palm oil from Malaysia, should we plant these trees, we can become net exporters.

Our focus should be on revenue generating crops like Olive trees. Palm oil is already available and i doubt if produced locally we can match rates offered by Malaysia and Indonesia. Focus should be on crops which provide highest amounts of dollars per hectare. Nothing beats olives in that domain. We should also focus on tea plantation considering we are one of the biggest tea junkies on the planet.

 

[StormBreaker]

Mate, Pakistani khopri is one of the best in the world, the only thing that has held us back is the security paradigm of the country post 80's and the successive incompitent regimes as the direct result of it, pre 80's we were the fastest growing economies in the world and well ahead of anyone in the region, even China.

Was*

 

[KurtisBrian]

you can plant all the trees you like. We are never going there. We are never going to China.

 

[Awan68]

Was*

There is no "was" or "is", its lack of a viable envoirment.

 

[Patriot forever]

Potis with their fake photos lol Are you blind?

I get your sarcasm

 

[StormBreaker]

There is no "was" or "is", its lack of a viable envoirment.

Partially yes, But dedication, Motivation and vision is where we fall short, Despite the world being more connected and interlinked than ever before

 

[peagle]

Although we Pakistanis plant trees, there is no maintenance. The Germans have been celebrating national festival of trees since 1952. In Israel, the Jewish calendar has set aside the 19th day of January as festival of the trees. In Japan, the national tree festival is celebrated in the first week of April, known as ‘Greening Week’. This programme is undertaken with great zeal. Sweden has already plentiful of forests and the ‘Week of Forest’ is celebrated to remind people of their obligation to the spread of forest. Similarly, India annually celebrates a tree festival called ‘Vana Mahot Sava’ on a very large scale. Although in Pakistan our forest department is doing its best to spread greenery, this dream of a ‘Green Pakistan’ can come true only when all segments of society — NGOs, activists, and the forest department — join hands to make this campaign a success. Japan has 63pc of its area under trees, Sweden 53pc and India 22pc, Pakistan has only five per cent area under forest. The Chinese after suffering greatly on this count started planting trees in 1957. Then ‘Great Green Wall’ which is a huge shelter belt extending over 1.6m hectares serving as a barrier against the Gobi desert. This is an eye-opener for Pakistan.


Pine tree saplings being brought to Islamabad for planting in order to make Islamabad the 'City of Pines'

At one point we were below 3% if I remember correctly, at least we are moving in the right direction. So, that's good, people like you, among others are spreading the message. Keep up the good work.