One billion trees planting program

The One Billion Tree Planting Project is an Iranian government project to plant trees from 2021-2025.

One billion trees planting program
طرح ملی کاشت یک میلیارد درخت
Type of project	Afforestation
Ministry	Minister of Road and Urban Development, Minister of Energy, Minister of Agriculture Jihad, Minister of Industries, Mines, Trade[1][2]
Funding	Iran oil industry provides part of 18000 billion toman
Website	https://1btree.frw.ir/

In 2021, the government directed the Minister of Agriculture Jihad, the Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization, and the Department of Environment to conduct the program.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Iran's water crisis fed doubts about the project's viability.^[8][9]

Goals

Three hundred million trees were to be planted by the government. 250 million saplings were to be produced annually.^[10][11][12] Project goals include to revitalize natural jungles, to farm trees, to increase urban green space, and to counter sandstorms.

Cultivar

The Northern provinces were to receive crataegus and oak trees . In the west Carpinus betulus (European hornbeams). Central provinces would receive robinia, fraxinus, and persian lilacs. Finally, the Southern provinces would plant eucalyptus and mangrove trees.^[7]