The head of the country's natural resources and watershed management organization said: The plan to plant one billion saplings will start from Arbor Day this year and will be implemented in a 4-year plan.

Abbas Ali Nobakht, head of the country's natural resources and watershed management organization, said this evening at the sixth national festival of the national day of foresters and natural resource workers: the reason for today's ceremony is the sixth year of the law of nationalization of wars; The fields of natural resources have always been national, and from the point of view of Shari'a, they are considered national fields of inaction.

He added: 37 people have lost their lives in the way of protecting the natural resources of the country, some of them were people's forces, for whom no case has been filed in the Shahid Foundation. Also, we have 450 people who have sacrificed their lives for the protection of natural resources, 4 of whom have been confirmed as veterans in the Shahid Foundation, and the affairs of the rest are being followed up.

The head of the country's natural resources and watershed management organization continued: protecting natural resources and carrying out watershed operations is important for the people, and it should be acknowledged that these actions are not possible without the people's support.

Referring to the President's order to plant one billion saplings in the country, he stated: This plan will start from Arbor Day and will be implemented in a 4-year plan.

Pointing to criticisms about this plan to plant one billion saplings and provide them with water, Nobakht stated: There are similar experiences in Ethiopia with the plan to plant 10 billion saplings, Turkey has also planted more than 4 billion plants and is still in It is developing and plans to plant another 6 billion seedlings.

He said: Despite its special weather conditions, Saudi Arabia plans to plant 10 billion saplings on the border of this country.

Nobakht stated: The popular plan to plant one billion saplings in the country has started and we will continue it until it ends.

Nobakht stated: A website has also been prepared for the operational verification of what is being done in this project so that monitoring is possible.

The head of the country's natural resources and watershed management organization continued: 10 percent of the country's natural resources are equivalent to the value of our country's oil and gas resources; These natural resources also belong to the future children of this land who will live in it in the future.