Tunisia: National Tree Day - Extensive Reforestation Campaigns Launched Across Multiple Tunisian Governorates
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- On the occasion of the National Tree Day, placed this year under the slogan "a tree today, a forest tomorrow", extensive reforestation campaigns have been launched across multiple Tunisian governorates for the 2026-2027 season. These initiatives aim to plant hundreds of thousands of saplings and restore hundreds of hectares of forest and pastoral land, thereby…
On National Tree Day in Tunisia, reforestation campaigns were initiated across several governorates. The Ben Arous governorate plans to plant 110 hectares of forest, restore vegetation on 20 hectares, create 40 hectares of wooded areas, and perform pastoral reforestation on 50 hectares. Kairouan governorate will plant 400,000 forest tree saplings over nearly 300 hectares.
Kebili governorate launched a 30-hectare reforestation program to combat desertification with 29,000 young saplings. Tozeur governorate planted 200 Tecoma trees along the tourist route, with a 40-50% afforestation goal compared to 20% the previous year. Sousse governorate planted nearly 6,000 olive trees, and Sfax municipality plans to plant 5,000 trees over six months.
Kef governorate planted about 332,000 forest, pastoral, windbreak, and ornamental saplings to enhance climate change adaptation. Zaghouan governorate's "We Plant the Future" project, in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, aims to plant 100,000 trees in 18 months as part of the national environmental protection strategy.
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