Staff Reporter:
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is likely to inaugurate the Environment and Tree Fair-2025 as the chief guest at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center in the city on Wednesday.
Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Syeda Rizwana Hasan disclosed this yesterday at a press conference held at the ministry.
She informed that the Environment Fair will run from June 25 to June 27, while the Tree Fair will con-tinue until July 24. Both fairs will remain open to the public daily from 9 am to 9 pm, according to a press release.
This year’s theme for the Tree Plantation Campaign is: “Let’s Plant in a Planned Way to Build a Green Bangladesh.”
At the event, the National Environment Award 2024, the National Wildlife Conservation Award 2025, and the National Tree Plantation Award 2024 will be presented for contributions to environmental and wildlife protection.
Additionally, profit-sharing cheques will be distributed among beneficiaries of the Social Forestry Pro-gram.
Rizwana stated that the current government is working tirelessly to control environmental pollution, ad-dress the adverse impacts of climate change, and enhance forest resources. To ensure public participa-tion, this year’s World Environment Day, Environment Fair, National Tree Plantation Campaign, and Tree Fair are being observed nationwide.
In celebration of these events, various awareness activities such as art, debate, and slogan competitions, seminars, and industry-related awareness programs will be held at 100 educational institutions in Dhaka and across district and sub-district levels.
Tree fairs and sapling distributions will also take place nationwide. Public engagement campaigns, in-cluding SMS outreach, banner installations, and participatory events, will be conducted to raise aware-ness, the press release added.
Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr. Farhina Ahmed, Additional Secretary (Environment) Dr. Fahmida Khanom, Additional Secretary (Development) Md. Khairul Is-lam, Director General of the Department of Environment Dr. Md. Kamruzzaman, and Chief Conservator of Forests Md. Amir Hossain Chowdhury were present at the press conference.
