Algeria embarks on plan to plant 420m trees

Algeria embarks on plan to plant 420m trees

$1bn carbon capture project Scheme funded by Sonatrach Planting over next 10 years Algeria is pushing ahead with a landmark $1 billion project to plant 420 million trees, part of the government’s decarbonisation plans. The trees, almost equivalent in number to the entire population of the 22 Arab countries, will be planted in various stages over the next decade. State oil and gas operator Sonatrach, which first revealed the plan in 2024, is fund…