CNI News
6 July 2025

Planting trees and preserving them is very important for the present and future generations of the nation, said the SAC Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, at the second rainy season tree planting event in Nay Pyi Taw on July 4, 2025.

Everyone knows that trees provide numerous benefits to the earth and humans, and according to researchers, an environment with trees and greenery can reduce stress and improve mental health, said the SAC Chairman.

“Parks, streets, and rural and urban areas filled with trees provide opportunities for walking, relaxing, and finding shade, as well as providing a peaceful and beautiful natural environment, which has positive effects on human health. Therefore, planting and preserving trees is a very important and beneficial natural investment for the present and future generations of the country,” he said.

In the second rainy season trees planting event, the plan has been made to grow 3,000 trees for 2025. On June 15, 3,000 trees including 16 tree species were planted for the first time in the Yan Aung Myin Forest Reserve.

The SAC chairman said that the SAC has planned to designate 30 percent of the country's area as forest reserves and protected public forests and 10 percent as natural conservation area to increase the country's forest coverage area and conserve wildlife and unique geophysical sites.

During its tenure, the SAC has formed more than 660,000 acres of 61 forest reserves and protected public forests and more than 610,000 acres of 16 natural conservation areas.

And it has established 1,324 forest reserves and protected public forests on 25.94 per cent of land areas and 62 natural conservation areas on 6.43 per cent of the land areas, it is necessary to strive to meet the target areas of the forest coverage, he added.

It is pointed out that due to excessive timber production in Myanmar, droughts and floods occur almost every year.