Environmental activist and founder of “al-sidr” plant reserve initiative Obaid Al-Shemmari said that he plans to plant 10,000 Sidra (Ziziphus spina-christi) trees at Al-Araivjan natural reserve by 2023 with the help of volunteers and those who care about greening.<\/p>\n
In an interview with KUNA, Al-Shemmari said that after completing the plantation of 3,000 Sidra, an expansion is on the way to continue with plantation of more trees in Kuwait due to not only being a greening priority, but also because it has an economic and environmental incentive to the country.<\/p>\n
Al-Shemmari noted that his Al-Sidra initiative or project started first at Al-Araivjan natural reserve, specifically planting 450 trees in 2018.<\/p>\n
But he expanded the idea little by little until it became a natural reserve area with 3,000 Sidra, with social participation and collective work due to a sense of national duty.<\/p>\n
Al-Shemmari said he hopes all engage in such initiative, individually or through various institutes and public contribution so that everyone benefit from it.<\/p>\n
Al-Shemmari added that his goal is to reach 10,000 Sidra in the next period, which will lead to Sidr producing national date and honey, and other useful products.<\/p>\n
Al-Shemmari also said that the idea behind the project was to strengthen the culture of volunteerism among youths and to establish a greening culture, stressing importance on the role by the Agriculture Public Institute, which bolster that idea with the concept of raising awareness, through seminars and workshops.<\/p>\n
Last week, volunteers joined hands to plant “al-sidr” trees at Al-Araivjan natural reserve.<\/p>\n
Asrar Al-Ansari, spokesperson of the Public Authority for Youth, said that the initiative was in line with the national approach to encourage junior citizens partake in projects for beautifying and developing Kuwait.<\/p>\n
The youngsters planted 2,000 “al-sidr” small trees and, the environmental activist, Obaid Al-Shemmari, said there would be another identical activity to plant 3,000 “Al-Sidr” trees soon.<\/p>\n
Kuwait is largely a desert country however there have been identical initiatives at state and grassroot levels for greening the North Gulf Country.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Kuwait News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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