Editing Reforestation (section)

==== Pakistan ====
The [[Billion Tree Tsunami]] was launched in 2014 by planting 10 billion trees, by the provincial [[Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)]] and [[Imran Khan]], as a response to the challenge of global warming. Pakistan's Billion Tree Tsunami restored 350,000 hectares of forests and degraded land to surpass its [[Bonn Challenge|Bonn Challenge commitment]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 11, 2017 |title=Pakistan's Billion Tree Tsunami restores 350,000 hectares of forests and degraded land to surpass Bonn Challenge commitment |url=https://www.iucn.org/news/forests/201708/pakistan%E2%80%99s-billion-tree-tsunami-restores-350000-hectares-forests-and-degraded-land-surpass-bonn-challenge-commitment |website=IUCN}}</ref>

In 2018, [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Pakistan's prime minister]] [[Imran Khan]] declared that the country will plant [[10 Billion Tree Tsunami|10 billion trees]] in the next five years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chow |first1=Lorraine |date=30 July 2018 |title=Pakistan's Next Prime Minister Wants to Plant 10 Billion Trees |agency=Ecowatch |url=https://www.ecowatch.com/pakistans-prime-minister-plant-10-billion-trees-2591203191.html |access-date=7 September 2018}}</ref>

In 2020, the Pakistani government launched an initiative to hire 63,600 laborers to plant trees in the northern Punjab region, with indigenous species such as [[acacia]], [[mulberry]] and [[Moringa (genus)|moringa]]. This initiative was meant to alleviate unemployment caused by [[COVID-19 lockdowns|lockdowns]] to mitigate the spread of [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan's virus-idled workers hired to plant trees |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/pakistan-virus-idled-workers-hired-plant-trees-200429070109237.html |access-date=2020-05-02 |website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=COVID-19: Pakistan's 'green stimulus' scheme is a win-win for the environment and the unemployed |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/green-stimulus-pakistan-trees-coronavirus-covid10-enviroment-climate-change/ |access-date=2020-05-02 |website=World Economic Forum |date=30 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>