Bangladesh Aims to Increase Tree Cover up to 25% of Land Area by 2030

The Bangladeshi government has established an ambitious target to increase the country’s tree cover from 22.37% to 25% and forest coverage from 14.1% to 16% by 2030, Xinhua reported yesterday.

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury announced the plans, stating that the government has adopted the National Action Program for Combating Desertification, Land Degradation, and Drought for 2015-2024.

This aligns with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 15 and decisions from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

Extensive nationwide tree planting efforts are underway to conserve Bangladesh’s forests, biodiversity and wildlife, the minister said, as the country observed World Environment Day with events across the nation.