Press Release

January 18, 2012
  • Nature & Parks

Implementation of the "Green Wave 2012"

May 22 each year is the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) proclaimed by the United Nations. The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) is calling the public to participate in the "Green Wave", a tree planting campaign for children and youth around the world, at 10:00 AM local time on the IDB.

Responding to this call, the MOE, in coordination with the Forestry Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, is calling the same for the participation in the "Green Wave 2012", in which children and youth around the world would plant and water trees during the period from March 1 through June 15.

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