Sindh University to develop Miyawaki forest
The Sindh University is developing a Miyawaki forest covering 4,000 square yards of its land at Hyder Bux Pavilion in Jamshoro district. During the campaign, there is a plan to plant 10,000 saplings in collaboration with the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), started on Friday with some 700 saplings planted on the first day.
Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Khalil-Ur-Rehman Khoumbhati, speaking at the inaugural event, said, at least six-foot-tall trees, with a survival rate of above 90%, are being planted. He expressed hope that the Miyawaki forest would add to the varsity's beautiful landscape besides improving the environment.
Director of the Institute of Plant Sciences, Prof Dr Rabia Memon briefed the method applied for the plant growth in a Miyawaki forest-enabled trees to grow 10 times faster and 30 times denser besides becoming self-sustaining in a few years. A variety of trees like neem, sukhchain, terminalia, gulmohar (Delonix regia), moringa (Moringa oleifera), China rose, euphorbia and ziziphus, are being planted in the forest.
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