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Rs7.5bn allocated for 10bn tree Tsunami programme this year: Advisor to PM on Climate Change
July 04, 2019

Prime Minister's Advisor on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam says Imran Khan's vision of Clean Green Pakistan is getting international acclaim.

Talking to media in Islamabad on Thursday afternoon, he said 7.5 billion rupees have been allocated for 10 billion tree Tsunami programme for this year.

He said the government is pursuing prime minister's vision of environment protection.

Malik Amin Aslam said that we are going to launch a global Eco System Restoration Fund, which will be opened for international partners to learn lessons from Pakistan's Billion Tree Tsunami experience.

He said China and Korea have shown keen interest for the fund. He said Pakistan is itself funding Ten Billion Tree Tsunami programme to meet challenges of climate change.

He said Billion Tree Tsunami project, successfully completed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has earned global recognition for Pakistan. He said now that project has been replicated as Ten Billion Tree Tsunami, covering all the provinces, including Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

The Advisor said we have achieved the target of planting 150 million trees during the winter season and new target for the summer season will be set soon. 

He said the government is making strenuous efforts to recover state lands from illegal occupants and grow plants on them by following urban forestry model.

He said in Lahore Division alone, 60,000 kanals of state land was recovered from illegal occupants, where trees will be planted. He said planted forests in various parts of Punjab are in bad conditions due to non-attention of previous governments, will now be again turned into jungles. He said the government has too released funds for forest plantation.