Mellitah Oil and Gas Company announced yesterday that the National Oil Corporation (NOC) launched a tree-planting campaign at the Mellitah Industrial Complex, planting over 10,000 eucalyptus saplings. This comes as part of the NOC’s One Million Tree-planting Initiative.
Mellitah said this initiative aims to promote sustainable development principles and enhance environmental responsibility in the areas surrounding operational sites.
The saplings were planted in designated green spaces within the complex, and a water network was installed to ensure optimal conditions for their growth and survival.
Part of NOC’s One million Tree-planting Initiative
It will be recalled that the NOC had launched the first phase of its One Million Tree-planting Initiative in February 2024.
The NOC said the campaign comes within its “Thinking About Tomorrow” initiative to reduce carbon emissions launched by its then Chairman, Farhat Bengdara, in December 2023 at the World Climate Summit (COP28).
The campaign aims to plant one million trees in 40 sites distributed throughout all regions of Libya.
It targets several locations by planting types of forest seedlings that are appropriate for their nature, to serve and achieve multiple environmental purposes, increase green spaces in areas where there are few forest seedlings, and enhance agriculture to adapt to the risks of climate change and withstand drought and the factors of desertification witnessed by the global climate crisis.
The NOC had reported that the launch of this campaign witnessed great cooperation from several parties, such as the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and its affiliated bodies, civil society organizations, school students, local councils in municipalities, scout and guide regiments, and security personnel in the two regions.
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It will also be recalled that in December 2024 Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, approved the ‘‘Green Libya Initiative’’ to plant 100 million trees in various Libyan regions, under the supervision of the Executive Team for the PM’s Initiatives and Strategic Projects, and in partnership with local institutions and foreign oil companies.
The initiative is supported by the following foreign oil companies operating in Libya: Equinor, Halliburton Wintershall, Tatneft, Oilinvest, Tamoil, Gazprom, OMV, ENI, Repsol, BP and Suncor.
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