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The National Center for Vegetation Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC) launched a major project to rehabilitate 620,000 hectares of degraded land in Saudi Arabia, reported the Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday. The project will use rainwater harvesting techniques to improve vegetation cover in nine regions across the Kingdom.

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The National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC) has finished planting 150,000 trees in Saiysad National Park, Taif, as part of the national program for planting 10 billion trees to realize the targets of the Saudi Green Initiative. The trees were jujube, acacia, seyal, acacia asak, and Vachellia flava. Also planted were plants such as dodonaea and henna, SPA reported. The project covered eight of the park's 28 million square meters; it is one of the...

The King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority (KSRNR) and the National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC) planted one million seedlings of 13 local wild plant species, which the center produced and supplied to the reserve, SPA reported. These plants will contribute to producing oxygen, absorbing tons of carbon dioxide, increase the vegetation cover, and combat sand encroachment.

The Saudi National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC) announced that the vegetation coverage in Madinah has increased by 360% due to the rainfall during the past five months of 2023. The center noted that the vegetation coverage in Madinah had reached 2,863.4 km² in August 2023, covering 1.9% of the region's total area. In December 2023, the vegetation coverage gradually increased, reaching 13,194.5 km² and covering 8.7% of the region's area.

The city of Madinah in the Saudi Arabia has witnessed a staggering 360 percent increase in vegetation cover during the past five months.

Saudi Arabia: green space in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah increased by 360% within 5 months

Within the scope of the Carbon Neutral Cities on the Path to Green Development project carried out by the General Directorate of Combating...