Rouhani opens 1200-hectare greenbelt plan around Tehran

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News ID: 20213
Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 14:31 - 06 March 2018
TEHRAN, March 6 - The 1200-hectare greenbelt plan around capital city of Tehran was inaugurated in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani's presence on Tue. to celebrate Natural Resources Week and Arbor Day.

Rouhani opens 1200-hectare greenbelt plan around Tehran

TEHRAN,Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The President also planted a sapling in north-eastern Tehran in a symbolic move to celebrate the national Arbor Day on March 6.

"I hope all people across the country will join in this important activity of planting trees, in order to preserve and promote the natural and social health of our society," the president said at the ceremony celebrating Arbor Day and Natural Resources Week.

He went on to add, "today, we need a healthy environment for our society's health and people's vitality, which largely depends on the planting of trees and preservation of pastures and forests.”

"Unfortunately, millions of meters of forests and pastures have been destroyed in the past years,” he lamented.

The president noted that Iran's per capita population with regard to forests and pastures is less than the world’s average calling for more efforts to eliminate these shortcomings.

Source: MNA

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