BTAP increases forest cover area in KP: minister
PESHAWAR: KP Minister for Forests, Environment and Wildlife, Syed Ishtiaq Urmar Sunday said that Billion Tree Afforestation Project (BITP) besides increasing forest cover area had also opened new avenues of employment for youth in the province.
In a statement issued here, the provincial minister said that the PTI government was specially concentrating on prevention of injurious impacts of the climate change and development of forests that had triggered 6.1% increase in the forest covered area.
Regarding climate change, dirt and injurious impact of environmental pollution, he said that Forests Department was taking practical steps in that regard and a plantation campaign was being carried out in educational institutions, roadsides, hotels, petrol pumps, plazas and barren land.
-
ByteDance’s New AI Video Model ‘Seedance 2.0’ Goes Viral -
Archaeologists Unearthed Possible Fragments Of Hannibal’s War Elephant In Spain -
Khloe Kardashian Reveals Why She Slapped Ex Tristan Thompson -
‘The Distance’ Song Mastermind, Late Greg Brown Receives Tributes -
Taylor Armstrong Walks Back Remarks On Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Show -
James Van Der Beek's Impact Post Death With Bowel Cancer On The Rise -
Pal Exposes Sarah Ferguson’s Plans For Her New Home, Settling Down And Post-Andrew Life -
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni At Odds With Each Other Over Settlement -
Thomas Tuchel Set For England Contract Extension Through Euro 2028 -
South Korea Ex-interior Minister Jailed For 7 Years In Martial Law Case -
UK Economy Shows Modest Growth Of 0.1% Amid Ongoing Budget Uncertainty -
James Van Der Beek's Family Received Strong Financial Help From Actor's Fans -
Alfonso Ribeiro Vows To Be James Van Der Beek Daughter Godfather -
Elon Musk Unveils X Money Beta: ‘Game Changer’ For Digital Payments? -
Katie Holmes Reacts To James Van Der Beek's Tragic Death: 'I Mourn This Loss' -
Bella Hadid Talks About Suffering From Lyme Disease