SAKAKA: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority said Friday that 750,000 hectares of degraded land had been successfully rehabilitated under its multifaceted programs.
In a report carried by the Saudi Press Agency on the occasion of World Agriculture Day, the authority also reported successfully planting 3,992,200 seedlings across the 130,700-sq. km reserve.
To support the natural regeneration of forests and rangelands, workers at the reserve had dispersed a total of 7,500 kg of local seeds so far, including yarrow, artemisia and haloxylon, the authority said.
• At the royal reserve, restoration efforts are focused on reclaiming vast areas affected by desertification and overgrazing, thereby paving the way for the return of plant life, the authority said.
• The reserve was established by royal order in June 2018, consolidating existing protected areas spanning the Kingdom’s northern provinces in Tabuk, Northern Borders, Al-Jouf, and Hail.
