The decree of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on planting 1 billion trees within three years from the start of its implementation in June of this year as of November 8 was executed by 3.53%, in total 35.38 million trees were planted (plus 8.14 million over the past week) on a total area of 6,078 hectares.
The relevant information has been posted on the website of the state program Green Country.
It is clarified that the leading regions in forestation are Zhytomyr region, where 12.69 million trees have been planted, as well as Volyn (3.25 million), Chernihiv (2.27 million), Lviv (2.24 million), Kyiv (2.07 million) and Rivne (1.98 million) regions.
The least number of trees were planted in Kherson and Mykolaiv regions: 19,000 and 46,000 trees respectively.
As reported, Zelensky in June 2021 signed a decree on the implementation of the Green Country project in Ukraine to increase the number of forests in Ukraine. The goal of the project is to increase the forest area by 1 million hectares in 10 years. It is also planned to plant 1 billion trees in Ukraine in the next three years.
According to head of the State Agency for Forest Resources Yuriy Bolokhovets, planting 1 billion trees is necessary to minimize the effects of global climate change, create protective belts of trees to protect against dust storms, as well as increase the country’s forest cover from the current 15.9% to the minimum required 20%.
