Municipal, Housing Ministry to Plant Over 1.3 Million Trees in Residential Areas to Help Achieve Saudi Green Initiative Goals

As part of the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing's ongoing efforts to achieve the Saudi Green Initiative goals, it has planted over 350,000 trees as part of the first phase of its plan to increase the vegetation cover in residential areas and thus improve the quality of life.

 The ministry's Green Suburbs Project is one of the Quality of Life Program initiatives - one of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 programs - that aims to plant over 1.3 million trees in various regions of the Kingdom. The implementation stages of the project involve planting over 55 million square meters of residential project areas, which include about 100,000 housing units.

 According to the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing, it has planted over 186,000 trees in the "Murcia" and "West of the Airport" projects in Riyadh, and about 94,000 trees in "Pearl of Diyar", in Yanbu Governorate. About 39,000 trees were planted at King Abdullah Housing in Al-Ahsa Governorate, and thousands of trees in Dar Al-Jewar, Bouvardia City, Diyar Al-Hasa, and other projects.

 Through this project, the ministry continues to improve the quality of life in residential areas, create a sustainable environment when planning new cities, achieve the highest standards of environmental sustainability in suburbs, including through the use of green building techniques, and promote the efficient use of natural resources.

 The Green Suburbs Project has been adopted by the ministry to contribute to the transition to a more sustainable environment, by expanding green spaces and promoting sustainable development.

 The ministry launched the Green Suburbs Initiative at the end of last year. It is to be implemented in three phases, the last of which concludes in 2025, and will contribute to reducing carbon emissions, hence pollution in residential areas, and achieve the Saudi Vision 2030 goals, including that of improving the quality of life in the Kingdom.