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Trees should not only be planted, they need proper care: Helal Akbar Babor

Chattogram Correspondent

Published: 22:16, 8 October 2022

Trees should not only be planted, they need proper care: Helal Akbar Babor

Chief advisor of Durbar Tarunno and the inventor turned entrepreneur of the corona prevention booth Helal Akbar Chowdhury Babor said, “We all have known the importance of planting trees to protect the environment. But we did not know one thing. That is, how many more plantations are needed to save the earth’s environment.

Babor said, recently this question was answered by a group of researchers led by Professor Thomas Crowther of ETH Zurich University in Switzerland. They highlighted the special significance of the plantation. Scientists have said that after the rampant deforestation of the last few centuries, there are still around 3 trillion or 3 lakh crore trees in the world. But this number of trees is quite less than the required. Deforestation is still going on under various pretexts.”

He also added, according to these researchers, apart from stopping indiscriminate slashing of trees, humankind needs to start planting trees in large numbers now. For this reason, they also gave a specific idea of how many more plantations are needed around the world. They have calculated that the world needs to plant at least 1.2 trillion more trees to protect the environment. 1.2 trillion means 1 lakh 20 thousand crores. These trees should not only be planted, they need proper care to sustain them in the environment. We are committed to ensure that care is taken by starting the project ‘Amra Mali’.

Babor said this while addressing as chief guest at a program of planting trees of Durbar Tarunno in Chattogram DC Hill on Friday.  This plantation was the ongoing third phase of the project ‘Amra Mali’ by planting hundreds of trees. Under the chairmanship of Muhammad Abu Abid, the founder of Durbar Tarunno, the chief advisor of Durbar Tarunno and the inventor turned entrepreneur of the corona prevention booth Helal Akbar Chowdhury Babor, was present as the chief guest.

Durbar Tarunno, a social and voluntary organization, launched a unique project titled ‘Amra Mali’ by planting trees in September. Since then they have run several campaigns. The youth organization is moving forward to increase tree care by empowering a new generation of “Gardeners” in different phases. Moreover, in this project, the public is also becoming aware of tree care in various ways.

Muhammad Abu Abid, the founder of Durbar Tarunno, commented about the project, “Actually, the first thing we want in tree plantation is sincerity. If you say ‘plant trees, save the environment’, isn’t the responsibility of planting trees put on the shoulders of others..? It’s not a sign of sincerity anyway. If we really want to save the world, we should say: ‘Let’s plant trees, save the environment’. And the environment through which it will live is the tree. So we are gardeners in this project to save trees.”

Chattogram district and central leaders including Jubo League leader Shibu Prasad Chowdhury, Durbar Tarunno’s general secretary Muhammad Abu Adil, organizational secretary Md. Jihadul Islam, executive members Md. Abul Hasan and Kamrul Islam were also present at the event.

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