Faisalabad (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – April 4, 2026) President Faisalabad Farooq Yusuf Shaikh, Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI), said successive tree plantation campaigns over the past several decades should be critically analyzed to assess the real environmental impact and suggest result-oriented measures by involving the private sector.
In his address to officials of various trade bodies during the meeting, he stressed the importance of environmental threats that have deep-rooted effects on the country’s fragile economy. Pakistan.
He said that we must educate and inform the masses about the importance of the environment and contribute our part to preserving it for future generations.
“An environment-friendly social and economic society must be developed so that people in general can play their role in favoring the environment by saving trees planted by the public and private sectors,” he said, adding that people have an inherent rational and practical approach to saving trees.
Expressing concern over the rapid increase in population and urbanization, he said most environmental issues are directly related to the economic interests of the public and poor performance of the public sector including the forest department and parks and horticulture authorities across the country.
“We must take advantage of relevant and available data and exploit artificial intelligence to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of tree planting campaigns,” he said, adding that on the basis of them we can suggest appropriate and appropriate ones. a result Directed measures to bring about a clear shift in tree selection.
The FCCI president said that we must maintain a balance between trees producing only timber and fruit-bearing plants that can be used by humans as well as birds and animals.
He said that the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad should play a pioneering role in enhancing forest cover by identifying suitable plant species.
He confirmed that a job Society will play its role in saving Earth because it is the only living planet in this universe.