Project to plant trees at 300 sites in Gilgit-Baltistan initiated
National April 5, 2021 Islamabad: The climate change ministry is extending help to the Gilgit-Baltistan government to plant trees on its 300 sites with an aim to absorb carbon and stabilize soil in hazard-prone areas. According to the details, the work on the 4-year mega project that was approved in October last year has now formally been initiated and the process of selection of sites to plant 50 million trees is underway in collaboration between the federal and the G-B government. The G-B government will contribute 4.2 million dollar while it will receive $537,000 grant from the donor agen...