Egypt plants 7.2M trees within target due by July 2023

CAIRO – 2 April 2023: The Ministry of Local Development revealed in a statement Sunday that 7.2 million trees out of 7.7 million trees targeted for FY2022/2023 had been planted within the presidential initiative "100 Million Trees" and that is planned to be completed over seven years.

The ministry noted that it is contributing to the initiative by cultivating 80 trees, while the rest will be grown by the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Housing. The 100 million trees will be cultivated across 9,900 locations on a total area of 6,600 feddans, dispersed nationwide, constituting forests and parks that are irrigated by treated wastewater.

The statement revealed the species of trees cultivated, and those are camphor, casuarina, conocarps, orange, guava, olive, bologna, white poplar, mahogany, lemon, and pomegranate among others.