DHAKA, Sept 4, 2023 (BSS) - The Great People's Forest initiative has been launched recently in New Delhi with an aim of planting one billion trees and restoring one million hectares of forest land in the South Asia. The Great People's Forest initiative is an urgent response to the shared challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss, through which local conservationists are joining together to protect the region. In Bangladesh, this initiative is being led by FRIENDSHIP NGO, and in South Asia, it is led by the Balipara Foundation of Assam and global environmental leader Conservation International. One million hectares of forest will be protected and restored by communities across the North East of India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Nepal under the historic initiative announced this week, a FRIENDSHIP press release said today. The Great People's Forest of the Eastern Himalayas, one of the largest reforestation and conservation efforts in the history of South Asia, is a partnership between Conservation International and the Balipara Foundation of Assam, India.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha September 04, 2023 13:23 UTC