Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing encourages participants at the first monsoon tree-growing ceremony in 2025 in Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing underscored that the current government in its tenure has been supervising tree growing and conservation of forests in order to notably minimize deforestation impacts yearly.
The first monsoon tree-growing ceremony in 2025 in Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory took place at Yanaungmyin Forest Reserve in Dekkhinathiri Township of Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning, attended by Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing who planted a Gangaw tree (Mesua ferrea).
Speaking on the occasion, the Senior General highlighted that the forest coverage reached 42.92 per cent of the country in 2015 compared to 42.19 per cent in 2020 but the preliminary report in 2025 stated 42.15 per cent forest coverage of the nation, showing some deforestations.
In its tenure, he continued that the current government has been supervising tree growing and conservation of forests in order to notably minimize deforestation impacts yearly.
The Senior General stressed the need for relevant departments, local authorities and organizations to set their missions to have 50 per cent of forest coverage of the nation as a national duty in order to ensure more forest ecosystem services.

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