{"id":68667,"date":"2020-08-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=68667"},"modified":"2020-07-29T16:13:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T11:13:39","slug":"kp-govt-allocate-500-mn-forest-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-allocate-500-mn-forest-cover.html","title":{"rendered":"KP Govt allocates PKR 500mn to increase forest cover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has allocated PKR 500 million to increase the province\u2019s forest cover, according to a news source. Provincial Minister for Forestry, Environment, And Wildlife Ishtiaq Urmar revealed this information on Monday at a press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/green-stimulus-package-under-10-billion-tree-tsunami-project-approved.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Green Stimulus\u2019 package under 10 Billion Tree Tsunami project approved<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Urmar held the press conference jointly with government spokesperson Kamran Khan Bangash. He further revealed that the government would use the aforementioned funds to protect the saplings planted as part of the Billion Trees Tsunami <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/planning-ministry-proposes-release-pkr-2-45-bn-10-billion-tree-tsunami-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plantation drive<\/a>. Under this programme, 166 million seedlings have already been raised and grown in the area. Additionally, a further 190 million seedlings are available for planting and free distribution during the monsoon and spring seasons of 2021-22. Resultantly, the forest cover in KP is expected to increase by four percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ten-billion-tree-tsunami-daily-wagers-labourers-green-jobs-lockdown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10 Billion Tree Tsunami: Daily wagers, labourers get \u2018green jobs\u2019 during lockdown<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister went on say that the project would create over 5,000 job opportunities. Furthermore, the next phase of the programme would involve planting saplings in over 44,000 hectares within the tribal districts. He added that PKR 9 billion would be used for this purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Urmar lauded the project as an effective way to combat global warming, and deemed it as the biggest plantation drive in the country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has allocated PKR 500 million to increase the province\u2019s forest cover, according to a news source. Provincial Minister for Forestry, Environment, And Wildlife Ishtiaq Urmar revealed this information on Monday at a press conference. Read: \u2018Green Stimulus\u2019 package under 10 Billion Tree Tsunami project approved Urmar held the press conference jointly with government spokesperson Kamran Khan Bangash. He further revealed that the government would use the aforementioned funds to protect the saplings planted as part of the Billion Trees Tsunami plantation drive. Under this programme, 166 million seedlings have already been raised and grown in the area. Additionally, a further 190 million seedlings are available for planting and free distribution during the monsoon and spring seasons of 2021-22. Resultantly, the forest cover in KP is expected to increase by four percent. Read: 10 Billion Tree Tsunami: Daily wagers, labourers get \u2018green jobs\u2019 during lockdown The minister went on say that the project would create over 5,000 job opportunities. Furthermore, the next phase of the programme would involve planting saplings in over 44,000 hectares within the tribal districts. He added that PKR 9 billion would be used for this purpose. Urmar lauded the project as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":65033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181],"tags":[19409,2515],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-68667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-10-billion-tree-tsunami","9":"tag-kp-government","10":"cat-15181-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KP govt allocates PKR 500mn for forest cover- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The KP government is allocating PKR 500 million to increase the forest cover in the province and curb the ravages of climate change.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-allocate-500-mn-forest-cover.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KP govt allocates PKR 500mn for forest cover- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The KP government is allocating PKR 500 million to increase the forest cover in the province and curb the ravages of climate change.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-allocate-500-mn-forest-cover.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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