His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, marked the beginning of National Tree Week yesterday by planting a tree at Gudaibiya Palace.
He expressed his pride in the efforts of the kingdom’s workforce in implementing the initiatives of the National Action Plan to achieve carbon neutrality, as announced by His Majesty King Hamad.
The initiative was approved by the Cabinet at its session earlier in the day.
This comes at a time when scientists assessing dangers posed to the world’s trees have revealed that more than a third of species are facing extinction in the wild. This data was revealed in Cali, Colombia, where world leaders are meeting at the UN biodiversity summit, COP 16.
HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister affirmed the kingdom’s commitment to adopting programmes that support development, with a particular focus on initiatives that enhance environmental security and embed environmentalism as a core aspect of Bahraini culture.
practices and expanding green spaces across Bahrain.
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