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Malaysia has achieved its goal of planting 100 million trees ahead of its 2025 target.

At a simple ceremony on Tuesday (Dec 10), Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim planted the 100 millionth tree at Taman Herba on the Parliament complex grounds.
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00:00Malaysia has achieved its 100 million tree planting goal ahead of its 2025 target.
00:06The campaign was scheduled to run from 2021 to next year.
00:11At a simple ceremony on Tuesday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
00:16planted the milestone tree at Taman Herba in Parliament.
00:19Accompanied by his wife, Bandar Tun Razak MP Datuk Seri Dr. Wan Aziza Wan Ismail,
00:25the Premier planted a merbau, Malaysia's national tree.
00:29The campaign, launched on January 5, 2021, involves species like bakau minyak,
00:35binuang, meranti pasir, and nyatoh tembaga,
00:39with support from forestry departments in Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak, and Sabah.
00:44In a statement, the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry
00:49announced that Malaysia has achieved 18 million hectares of forest cover,
00:54representing 54.58% of its land area, meeting its commitment from the 1992 Earth Summit.
01:02The programme aims to restore biodiversity and combat climate change.
01:07The Peninsular Malaysia Forestry Department estimates that
01:1120,000 to 80,000 hectares of forest will be restored by next year.
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