Kathmandu, June 27: The Ministry of Forest and Environment has announced the ‘Sagarmatha Tree Planting Mega Campaign’ in a bid to reduce carbon emissions to zero.
The Ministry announced the 20-year campaign at a press conference with the slogan, ‘Grow green: Save Himalayas’. As per the Ministry decision, the ‘Sagarmatha Tree Planting Mega Campaign’ would be effective from June 28 to July 31 every year from 2025 to 2045.
Forest Minister Ain Bahadur Shahi Thakuri said 30 million tree saplings would be planted every year under this campaign. He informed that the decision was taken by the government on June 22 in line with the spirit of the recently concluded Sagarmatha Dialogue.
