Warning against cutting down trees and converting agricultural land, Ayatollah Khamenei added: Cutting down trees, except in technical and necessary cases, is a harm and a danger.
According to Ashura News, citing Mehr News Agency, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution planted three saplings this morning, coinciding with Arbor Day.
After planting these saplings, Ayatollah Khamenei considered tree planting a profitable, forward-looking, and wealth-generating activity, and emphasized the need to pay serious attention to the national tree planting movement that began last year during the government of Martyr Raisi. He said: All people should participate in the issue of tree planting as a righteous and good deed so that by increasing the number of trees, the living environment and life will become fresh and clean.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution considered his annual act of planting saplings a symbolic act to remind us that planting trees is not just for young people, and that all people of different ages should find enthusiasm and motivation for this important, great, necessary, and beautiful work.
Emphasizing that tree planting is a profitable investment in various ways and wealth generation, Ayatollah Khamenei added: Planting trees for any reason, whether to benefit from the fruits of fruitful trees or to use the wood of trees whose wood is valuable, is a completely profitable action that has no harm.
He considered trees and crops to be a factor in healthy air and, emphasizing the high importance of the environment, noted: In addition to improving the air, trees and vegetation also contribute to the freshness of the living environment and the environment and the spiritual freshness of humans because trees and plants are pleasing to the eye and heart.
Stressing the need to take seriously the national tree planting movement that began during the reign of Martyr Raisi, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said: This plan, which began last year and is still ongoing, shows that planting one billion trees in four years is practical and government agencies must help people in this regard.
Warning against cutting down trees and converting agricultural land, Ayatollah Khamenei added: Cutting down trees, except in technical and necessary cases, is a harm and a danger, and the destruction of forests and the conversion of agricultural land must be prevented.
He also pointed out the good work that has been done in this regard in Tehran and some other cities, and noted: These measures must continue.
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