PM Imran inaugurates world's biggest Miyawaki urban forest
PM Imran inaugurates world's biggest Miyawaki urban forest
LAHORE (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday inaugurated the world’s biggest Miyawaki urban forest as part of monsoon drive under the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami project.
Speaking on the occasion, PM Imran Khan said that this would be the largest Miyawaki forest in the world and we will leave a better country for future generations.
He also congratulated the organizers for planting the Miyawaki Forest, adding that effective measures have been taken to tackle climate change.
The prime minister said that Lahore is a city of gardens but it is now considered one of the most polluted cities. He sad global warming has caused the earth s temperature to rise dramatically and Miyawaki forests will help control environmental pollution.
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Imran Khan said that Miyawaki plants grow ten percent faster than any other plant and this jungle has been set to grow at fifty three places in Lahore city.
The PM said this jungle will help to control environmental pollution and our efforts will provide a good environment to the next generations.
"640 million plants have been planted during 64 years in Pakistan, while one billion trees were planted in KPK from 2013 to 2018," he said.
Miyawaki urban forest
The Miyawaki forest has been developed over 100 kanals with a total of 165000 plants which will grow ten times quicker than a normal forest owing to the unique Miyawaki technique.
It uses specialized land preparation as well as indigenous varieties with varying growth rates to produce fast growing urban forests.
Another 53 Miyawaki forests are being grown at different parts of Lahore to create sinks for carbon as well as for better pollution abatement in the city.
All have projects been geo-tagged for monitoring of their growth and development.
About 500 million trees are being planted across the country under the ongoing Monsoon plantation drive which is the largest ever such drive in Pakistan.
