Lahore: National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) Director General (DG) Hassan Baig on Thursday directed his team to devise a plantation strategy for the Clean & Green Pakistan initiative, a news source reported. Under this strategy for the said plantation campaign, the commission would plant saplings across the country.
Baig stated that there was a need for increasing the number of forests in Pakistan by educating and involving communities, students, and volunteers to participate in government-initiated campaigns. He added that this measure would create awareness among people about the importance of plants and cut down environmental pollution. He highlighted that the volunteers would not only contribute to these tree plantation campaigns but take care of the saplings as national assets as well.
The NCHD DG said that the commission believed in strength of communities. He added that it focused on developing public-private partnerships, community organisations, community partnership and ownership, and capacity building of government line departments.
According to a research, Pakistan has one of the lowest number of forest areas in the world. It further states that forests are a natural way of purifying atmosphere and making it healthier for living beings.
