Minister directs governorates to ban cutting down or uprooting of trees

Regarding the Ministry of Local Development and Environment’s efforts to monitor implementation of the presidential initiative to plant 100 million trees, Awad directed that the head of the governorate’s subcommittee be instructed to urgently provide the ministry’s central committee, established by Ministerial Decree No.

Minister of Local Development and Environment Manal Awad directed all governorates to preserve and sustain trees across all governorates and to continuously monitor the implementation of the presidential initiative to plant 100 million trees.524 of 2025 and tasked with monitoring the implementation status of the presidential initiative, with updated information on the members of the subcommittee, a report on its activities, and its work plan for the next three months, all within one week.