3-month National Tree Plantation Campaign, Tree Fair to begin Tuesday
Dhaka, Jun 3 (UNB) - The three-month-long National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair will begin across the country on Tuesday (June 5).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the campaign at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital on the day that coincides with the World Environment Day.
Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud announced this at a press conference at the Secretariat on Sunday.
The Forest Department under the Ministry of Environment and Forests will organise the Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair to encourage people to plant saplings to protect the country from environmental degradation.
National Environment Award and Bangabandhu Award for Wildlife Conservation will be awarded among individuals and organisations at the inaugural ceremony of the tree fair for their outstanding contributions to protecting environment, forests, wildlife and biodiversity.
Dr Hasan Mahmud said a total of 45 individuals will receive the award in 15 categories for tree plantation. Three will be awarded the National Environment Award while three will receive Bangabandhu Award for Wildlife Conservation and one will be awarded for social afforestation this year.
About the government’s initiative to plant trees, he said the government produced some eight crore of saplings and distributed those among people last year.
“A total of 8.5 crore saplings have been produced under the Forest Department and another 12 crore will be produced under public and private sectors,” he said.
To encourage social afforestation, Hasan Mahmud said, one lakh acre of khas land will be distributed among the poor so that they can plant saplings in this land to improve their livelihood.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the campaign at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital on the day that coincides with the World Environment Day.
Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud announced this at a press conference at the Secretariat on Sunday.
The Forest Department under the Ministry of Environment and Forests will organise the Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair to encourage people to plant saplings to protect the country from environmental degradation.
National Environment Award and Bangabandhu Award for Wildlife Conservation will be awarded among individuals and organisations at the inaugural ceremony of the tree fair for their outstanding contributions to protecting environment, forests, wildlife and biodiversity.
Dr Hasan Mahmud said a total of 45 individuals will receive the award in 15 categories for tree plantation. Three will be awarded the National Environment Award while three will receive Bangabandhu Award for Wildlife Conservation and one will be awarded for social afforestation this year.
About the government’s initiative to plant trees, he said the government produced some eight crore of saplings and distributed those among people last year.
“A total of 8.5 crore saplings have been produced under the Forest Department and another 12 crore will be produced under public and private sectors,” he said.
To encourage social afforestation, Hasan Mahmud said, one lakh acre of khas land will be distributed among the poor so that they can plant saplings in this land to improve their livelihood.
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