The Imam Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Royal Reserve Development Authority has completed the planting of more than one million and 200,000 trees and shrubs during the first half of this year 2024, reported the Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday.
This is part of the Authority's plan to resettle indigenous wild plants in the Imam Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Royal Reserve and the King Khalid Royal Reserve.
The authority said the planted wild trees and shrubs include Sidr, Talh, Arfaj, Arta, and others, stressing that all of them are indigenous wild plants, and were carefully selected to suit the environment in the two reserves.
The authority added that it had started to boost vegetation cover and resettle indigenous wild plants since 2021. It said its efforts are ongoing, aiming to preserve, increase and develop vegetation cover to achieve its strategic objectives to achieve the objectives of the Saudi Green Initiative, Saudi Vision 2030, and improving quality of life.
