Egypt
Photos: Egypt launches initiative to plant 500,000 trees on canal banks
Egypt Today
CAIRO – 5 June 2021: Youth Loves Egypt (YLE) Foundation announced on Saturday launching an initiative to encourage planting 500,000 trees on the banks of the canals nationwide over the course of two years.
The initiative, dubbed “Nile Tree” comes in cooperation with the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources and targets the canals that have been recently lined under the national project in this regard.
Volunteers already planted 500 trees in one of the lined canals on Saturday morning.
The initiative aims to beautify the canals, curb rubbish throwing, decrease temperature and reduce climate change impacts, YLE said.