Iran’s forest area per capita is about 7 square meters

According to Fars news agency’s community group, Naghi Shabanian, the deputy of forest affairs of the Natural Resources and Watershed Organization, said on the sidelines of the meeting of the general managers of natural resources of the provinces of Region 2 of the country, which was held in Kermanshah: In the last two centuries, following the development of urbanization and industry and the destructions that occurred in the areas Environment, the increase of greenhouse gases, fine dust, water and soil pollution and soil erosion, tree planting has been given attention in the world, and consequently in our country, attention to this issue has been pursued with more diligence despite the work done in previous years.

The Deputy of Forest Affairs of the Natural Resources and Watershed Organization of the country added: Based on the goal setting, it was decided to plant one billion saplings in the country within four years, which is currently being done seriously in all the provinces of the country.

He mentioned the extent of the country’s forests as 14.3 million hectares and said: Considering that 8.7 of the country’s natural resources are covered by forests, we are one of the countries with few forests, except for two million hectares of Hyrcanian forests, we do not have good quality forests. .

Shabanian, pointing out that although the plan to plant one billion saplings in the country is a good plan to increase the number of trees, we believe that despite this amount of destruction, more trees should be planted.

The Deputy Director of Forestry Affairs of the Natural Resources and Watershed Organization of the country noted: In the people’s plan to plant one billion trees in the country, most of the activities are carried out by the people and it is planned in four general sections.

Shabanian includes these four sections; 1- Forest development and restoration, 2- Preventing the expansion of the desert and sand storms and fine dust, 3- Wood cultivation and responding to the wood needs of the country, and 4- Per capita improvement of green space.

According to the deputy of forest affairs of the country’s natural resources and water management organization, the plan to plant one billion trees in the country was launched in 1401 and with the formation of a scientific committee consisting of university professors and researchers of research institutions, scientific findings are summarized and put into the implementation department, and according to the needs of each region Different species are planted.

This official stated that the global standard of forest green space per capita is 22 square meters according to the Clean Air Law and added: The forest green space per capita in Iran is about 6 to 7 square meters, which we hope to increase to 10 square meters in the next 10 years.

He considered the implementation of this plan in the direction of wood cultivation to be an important issue and said: 30% of this plan will be allocated to wood cultivation and it has been well received by the people.

Pointing out that there are good facilities in the country in terms of sapling production, Shabanian also said: We have 126 forest nurseries in the country, and based on the goal setting, 250 saplings will be produced and planted annually in line with the planting of one billion trees in the country, which is currently Currently, 210 million of these have been produced, and by the end of 1402, this number will reach 270 million.

He mentioned the commitment of Kermanshah province in producing and planting saplings in 1402 as two million and 300 thousand saplings and said: Currently, one million and 700 thousand saplings have been produced in this province until the end of the year and the rest of this number will be produced and planted. became.

The deputy of forest affairs of the country’s natural resources and watershed management organization also called the total commitment of Kermanshah province to plant one billion trees in four years as 8 million and added: We are considering this amount of production and planting in the province to 10 million trees in four years. let’s deliver

Referring to the meeting of the general managers of natural resources of the 2 provinces of the country, he said: Today, the managers and heads of the natural resources research centers of eleven provinces, with the aim of solving the existing problems and using their experiences in order to produce and plant one billion trees in the country, held a meeting in Kermanshah. formed that we hope to be able to successfully complete the implementation of this plan by examining the existing issues and problems, although this plan may not be 100% realized, but we will use all our efforts and in the following years, we will not fail to produce and plant trees. .

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