Pakistan’s 10 Billion Tree Tsunami Project has achieved many global and environmental organisation’s international appreciation. The country extraordinarily proceeded with its plantation drive even during covid19 lockdown periods. The project’s estimated cost is about Rs 125 billion and is expected to be completed by 2023. The project focuses on bringing back forests and wildlife resources in Pakistan by improving the conservation of the existing protected areas and encouraging environmental tourism, community engagement, and employment generation.
Pakistan’s efforts are being appreciated globally and adopted as a model for other countries. Since Pakistan has successfully implemented the project, it has grabbed the attention of global partners for support and management of the billion-tree tsunami project. Earlier in 2021, Saudi Arabia announced two initiatives amounting to USD 10 billion to combat climate change.
Also, the Korean government has granted its support to the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Project and supported Pakistan’s fight against climate change. The two governments have also launched a friendship forest, and almost 10,000 trees have been donated under this program to address the issues of deforestation and biodiversity loss. Such initiatives have specified Pakistan’s success in tackling the adverse impacts of climate change and highlighted the seriousness the previous government had taken on this issue. Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change; therefore, implementing such policies in the future can ensure that Pakistan leverages its green diplomacy to attract foreign investments and promote the tourism sector in the country.
The 10-billion Tree Tsunami Project is a flagship program of the previous government to eliminate the overwhelming effects of climate change. The project was initiated in 2015 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to bring back the lost forest cover of the province. In 2018, the program’s scope of the project was expanded and accelerated on a federal level. In the past three years, the program has successfully planted 800 million plants.
The program focuses on creating green jobs, promoting a key point in the global agenda for climate restoration. The project has been successful in generating over 100,000 jobs for daily wages. The 10 Billion Tree Tsunami project, has paved the way for the government’s vision for a clean and green Pakistan.
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