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Up to four billion people – over half the population of the planet – are already facing severe water stress for at least one month of the year while half a billion suffer from permanent water stress.

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MAKKAH: Al-Ghadha Park in Unaizah, which covers an area of more than 172 million square meters, has earned a Guinness World Record for the largest saxaul tree botanical garden. The people of Unaizah, a governorate in Al-Qassim Province, have cared for the indigenous trees for more than five decades, and there are strict laws against cutting them down. Saleh bin Dakhil, a

TAWAL, the leading Saudi ICT infrastructure company, is planning to plant 3,000 trees in conjunction with the Saudi Green Initiative (SGI). The firm will work with the National Center for Vegetation Cover and Combating Desertification, the Vegetation Development Corporation 'Murouj', and through the national charity platform Ehsan, to carry out the project.

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JEDDAH: The King Abdulaziz University, represented by the Creative Center for Studies, Consultancy and Training, signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Center for Vegetation Cover and Combating Desertification to cooperate in the field of advisory services for the development of vegetation. The memorandum of understanding was signed on Sunday at the CCSCT’s

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© Provided by Xinhua China experience in combating desertification provides a model for developing countries, a UN official said.BONN, Germany, Oct. 23

The most notable achievements were the preparation and adoption of the national strategy for the environment, the preparation and adoption of the new environmental regulations, the launch of global environmental initiatives in the G20, in addition to allocating National Environment Week.