One billion trees planting program
Iranian government project to plant trees from 2021-2025
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The One Billion Tree Planting Project is an Iranian government project to plant trees from 2021-2025.
| One billion trees planting program | |
|---|---|
| طرح ملی کاشت یک میلیارد درخت | |
| Type of project | Afforestation |
| Ministry | Minister of Road and Urban Development, Minister of Energy, Minister of Agriculture Jihad, Minister of Industries, Mines, Trade[1][2] |
| Funding | Iran oil industry provides part of 18000 billion toman |
| Website | https://1btree.frw.ir/ |
In 2021, the government directed the Minister of Agriculture Jihad, the Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization, and the Department of Environment to conduct the program.[3][4][5][6][7]
Iran's water crisis fed doubts about the project's viability.[8][9]
Goals
Three hundred million trees were to be planted by the government. 250 million saplings were to be produced annually.[10][11][12] Project goals include to revitalize natural jungles, to farm trees, to increase urban green space, and to counter sandstorms.
Cultivar
The Northern provinces were to receive crataegus and oak trees . In the west Carpinus betulus (European hornbeams). Central provinces would receive robinia, fraxinus, and persian lilacs. Finally, the Southern provinces would plant eucalyptus and mangrove trees.[7]
