Islamabad: China and South Korea have gifted thousands of tree saplings to Pakistan at two different ceremonies as both countries offered support and expertise for green initiatives in Pakistan.
Korea to plant 10,000 trees in Pakistan
At least 10,000 saplings of different fruit and non-fruit species would be planted in different parts of Pakistan under phase two of the Pakistan-Korea Friendship Forest Initiative to protect the environment and strengthen the livelihoods of the local communities. The launch ceremony of the initiative, held at the Korean Embassy on Thursday, was attended by Korean Ambassador to Pakistan Suh Sangpyo and Pakistan PM’s aide on climate change Malik Amin Aslam.
They kicked off the plantation by planting a pine tree sapling at the Embassy of Korea in Islamabad and pledged to work closely to boost Pakistan’s country’s climate resilience by supporting green initiatives such as the 10 billion tree programme. Pakistan-Korea friendship forest was inaugurated in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in December 2019.
Support for green initiatives
“The Korean government looks at the largest afforestation programme of Pakistan government as an opportunity to help improve the country’s overall environmental conditions and enhance resilience against unfolding deleterious impacts of climate change on various socioeconomic sectors,” the Korean Ambassador said.
He offered the Korean government’s all-out support to help build up the capacity of the country’s...
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