RIYADH, 23 April, 2021 (TON): To develop vegetation and limit desertification, the campaign of planting 10 million trees across the Kingdom has been completed.

The campaign Let’s Make it Green” was launched in October last year has been a success, announced by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture and the National Center for Vegetation Cover.

The campaign covered all of the Kingdom’s 13 provinces.

The Eastern Province topped the list with more than 2.6 million trees planted, followed by more than 2.1 million in Madinah, over 1.3 million in Makkah, around 1 million in both Jazan and Riyadh, 462,000 in Qassim, and 270,000 in Asir.

Baha reached nearly 300,000, and more than 142,000 trees were planted in the Northern Border, followed by Jouf with more than 113,000, then Hail with about 85,000, Tabuk with over 75,000, and finally Najran with nearly 52,000 trees.

However, according to the officials, the campaign involved planting the endangered trees and shrubs in areas that were environmentally degraded due to overgrazing, logging, uprooting, and urban sprawl.