Increasing greenery and planting trees are cost-effective and efficient solutions to combat environmental impacts, says the President

President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has stated that increasing greenery and planting trees are cost-effective and efficient solutions to combat environmental impacts. The President made the remarks in a social media post on World Ozone Day (WOD).

This year’s WOD theme is “Montreal Protocol: Advancing Climate Action.”

President Dr Mohamed Muizzu and First Lady Sajida Mohamed inaugurated the Five Million Trees Planting Programme earlier in June this year on the occasion of World Environment Day 2024. This is a significant presidential pledge to plant five million trees across the Maldives.

Launching the Five Million Trees Planting Programme shows the administration’s commitment to protecting the nation’s fragile environmental ecosystems and combating climate change, thereby trying to minimise the present and future impacts for the benefit of future generations. This is by far the largest tree plantation project ever launched in the Maldives.