Pakistan set to break India’s maximum trees plantation record: The Daily Mail

By Ali Imran

ISLAMABAD—The Ministry of Environment is all set to break world record of tree maximum tree plantation in a single day, set by India last month.
“We have planned to set up a new record for Guinness Book of World Record of planting maximum number of trees in 24 hours,” Federal Minister for Environment Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi told newsmen during a briefing on Friday.
Some 300 planters will be engaged in the tree plantation event, at Keti Bander in Thatta District, some 150 kilometers south-east of Karachi.
In this GWR event, planned for July 15, 2009, Pakistan is set to break earlier record of planting 447,874 trees set by India in June, 2009.
The interesting features of the world record attempt are that the planters have to plant trees under natural light, without using any machinery in 24 hours, which means, a single planter has to plant 1,300 plants, to beat the record.
“This is indeed a gigantic task, for which special arrangements are being made on the site,” the Minister said national media will be encouraged to cover the event, in order to ensure its authenticity at national and international levels.
To a question, he said, the event will be monitored by independent monitors and adjudicators deputed by the Guinness World Record.
He termed it one of the major events of the National Year of Environment 2009, saying it was planned to develop forest resources through international competition.
“This activity, on one hand, will achieve the national objective of increasing forest cover, and on the other hand, it will raise awareness among masses besides creating a soft image of the country in the world,” he added.
The Minister said that in view of global significance of mangrove forests, particularly in the context of the Tsunami of 2005, the GWR event will be held in the Mangrove areas on the coastal islands of Sindh, which are presently devoid of vegetation.
This is in accordance with present Government’s resolve to rehabilitate Mangrove forests of Sindh by all means, in partnership with Sindh Forest Department, international and national NGOs and private sector.

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