Billion Tree Tsunami project of Prime Minister Imran Khan increased the land covered by forest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) from 16 percent to 27 percent.
Provincial government of KPK is targeting to increase it to 30 percent by 2023.
The “Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme, Phase-I” is a four-year (2019-2023) project by Government of Pakistan with the total cost of PKR125.18 billion. The project is being implemented across Pakistan by the Ministry of Climate Change along with Provincial and territorial Forest and Wildlife departments.
Total PSDP amount for forest component is PKR109.38 billion while PKR15.59 billion is allocated for wildlife component from 2019-2023. PSDP amount released for FY 2019-2020 is PKR7.5 billion against the requested amount of PKR15.6 billion, there was financial cut of 52.3 percent for first FY of the project. The total PSDP amount authorized for CFY (2020-21) is PKR4,900 million against the requested PKR23 Billion with financial cut of 78.7 percent. 91 percent of hiring of staff for NSSU and RSSU has been completed. The stationing of staff throughout Pakistan for Monitoring and Evaluation of the TBTTP activities is under process.
During the Global COVID-19 pandemic, the Forest and Wildlife Departments provided green jobs through green stimulus to 84,609 daily wagers under Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme. A total plantation target of 430 million was achieved and a total of 1 billion plantation target is set for 30th June,2021
