RIYADH: The Saudi National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification has initiated the planting of 100,000 trees as part of the initiative to plant 1 million trees in several proposed locations in the Bahraini capital, Manama.
The initiative titled “Planted in Saudi Arabia to be Grown in Bahrain” aims to increase green areas in Bahrain, preserve biodiversity, improve citizens’ quality of life, reduce the effects of climate change, and combat desertification.
In the initiative’s first phase, 30,000 camphor and sidr trees were transferred to the designated locations in Manama, and work is currently underway to transfer another 70,000 acacia and sidr trees to complete the planting process.
On this occasion, the Bahraini minister of municipal affairs and agriculture said that this initiative comes in line with the national strategy for afforestation of Bahrain and in implementation of the regional initiative for a green Middle East led by Saudi Arabia.
