{"id":90911,"date":"2022-12-25T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T05:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=90911"},"modified":"2022-12-23T16:12:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T11:12:37","slug":"punjab-university-launches-miyawaki-forest-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-university-launches-miyawaki-forest-project.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab University launches Miyawaki forest project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab University (PU) has launched its first on-campus Miyawaki forest project spanned over two acres of land, news sources reported on December 23.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/three-miyawaki-forests-planned-lahore.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"78303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Three Miyawaki forests planned for the Lahore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was reported that over 7,000 saplings have already been planted in the newly launched Miyawaki forest project, which covers two acres of land and aims to provide an environment-friendly atmosphere for the students, staff, and faculty at PU. The forest was inaugurated by the Vice Chancellor (VC) Dr Asghar Zaidi who remarked that the project will help create an oxygen reservoir and will also be home to different species of birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative echoes the world\u2019s biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-biggest-miyawaki-forest-h-12.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"89150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Miyawaki forest in Islamabad,<\/a> which was inaugurated earlier this year in October by CDA Chairman Captain (r) Muhammad Usman Younas and MD of Mari Petroleum Faheem Haider. The 17-acre forest was planted with 20,000 large-sized saplings and is continuously expanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pha-lda-to-grow-22-miyawaki-forests-in-lahore.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"76252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PHA, LDA to grow 22 Miyawaki forests in Lahore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project is part of the Punjab government&#8217;s green initiative that aims to develop multiple urban forests in the city to reduce the effects of smog. It is important to note tha<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-crackdown-industrial-units.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"89739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">t Lahore is ranked among the worst cities<\/a> in terms of air quality, with higher than normal PM2.5 levels. The government has also constituted special anti-smog teams to combat air pollution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab University (PU) has launched its first on-campus Miyawaki forest project spanned over two acres of land, news sources reported on December 23.&nbsp; Read: Three Miyawaki forests planned for the Lahore It was reported that over 7,000 saplings have already been planted in the newly launched Miyawaki forest project, which covers two acres of land and aims to provide an environment-friendly atmosphere for the students, staff, and faculty at PU. The forest was inaugurated by the Vice Chancellor (VC) Dr Asghar Zaidi who remarked that the project will help create an oxygen reservoir and will also be home to different species of birds. The initiative echoes the world\u2019s biggest Miyawaki forest in Islamabad, which was inaugurated earlier this year in October by CDA Chairman Captain (r) Muhammad Usman Younas and MD of Mari Petroleum Faheem Haider. The 17-acre forest was planted with 20,000 large-sized saplings and is continuously expanding. Read: PHA, LDA to grow 22 Miyawaki forests in Lahore The project is part of the Punjab government&#8217;s green initiative that aims to develop multiple urban forests in the city to reduce the effects of smog. It is important to note that Lahore is ranked among the worst cities&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181],"tags":[29160,55587],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-90911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-miyawaki-urban-forests","9":"tag-punjab-university-launches-miyawaki-forest-project","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>Punjab University launches Miyawaki forest project - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"over 7,000 saplings have already been planted in the newly launched Miyawaki Forest project, which covers...\" \/>\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\/punjab-university-launches-miyawaki-forest-project.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab University launches Miyawaki forest project - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"over 7,000 saplings have already been planted in the newly launched Miyawaki Forest project, which covers...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-university-launches-miyawaki-forest-project.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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