National Tree Planting Program Commenced

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The National Tree Planting Programme commenced with the dawn of new year today. The event commenced under the patronage President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today.

National tree planting programme aimed to plant 1 million trees across Sri Lanka and the campaign aims to increase the country’s forest cover from 29% – 32% within the next 5 years in Sri Lanka. The campaign was also also outlined in President Rajapaksa’s environment policy manifesto.