The Ministry of Environment and European Union (EU) are committed to promoting and expanding the scope of greenness in schools and showing a good model in planting and protecting trees to achieve Cambodia’s aim for 60 percent of forest coverage by 2050.

The commitment was made in a ceremony of symbolic tree planting and strengthening partnership for Cambodia’s greenness held at Phnom Penh Thmey Primary School in Phnom Penh on Mar. 13, under the presidency of H.E. Eang Sophalleth, Minister of Environment and H.E. Ms. Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships.

Speaking on the occasion, H.E. Eang Sophalleth recalled that ministry launched a tree planting campaign on Oct. 10, 2023 for greenness, which is the second out of three core pillars, including cleanliness, greenness and sustainability, of the Chakra Strategy on Environment 2023-2028 in line with the government’s Pentagonal Strategy-Phase 1.

On the occasion, H.E. Ms. Jutta Urpilainen expressed her support and spoke highly of
Cambodia’s commitment in response to climate change.

She said that EU has the ‘For Our Planet’ campaign to join Cambodia through a long-time partnership cooperation between EU and Cambodia.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse