Tsunami of Ten Billion Trees in Pakistan

With its Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Project, Pakistan has demonstrated that it is ready to lead the way in ecosystem restoration as it prepares for World Environment Day on June 5.

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is supporting the ambitious effort, which aims to plant ten billion trees by 2023. The effort, which began in 2019, has recently accomplished a new milestone: the planting of the billionth tree.

The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 was launched this year, and projects like the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami are critical to avoiding, halting, and reversing ecosystem deterioration on every continent and in every ocean.According to a UNDP assessment, Pakistan is especially vulnerable to rising monsoon variability, retreating Himalayan glaciers, and catastrophic events such as floods and droughts. Food and water insecurity will rise as a result of these developments.
he United Nations General Assembly has declared the years 2021 through 2030 the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Led by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN Decade is designed to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide.