Tatmadaw families plant over 180,000 saplings near Yezin Dam
Reforestation and the sustained
protection of forests aim to conserve the environment and ensure future
generations can enjoy its benefits.
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing urged all
to grow trees with goodwill as they have to spend their spare time, money and
manpower on the movement and to maintain their saplings for thriving more.
Families of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief
(Army, Navy and Air) and respective military commands have been holding monsoon
tree-growing ceremonies since 2011 with the aim of conserving the natural
environment, contributing to climatic conditions, giving shade and supporting
the State economy on one hand.
Yesterday, families of the Office of the
Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air) held the third monsoon tree-growing
ceremony 2025 near Yezin Dam in Zeyathiri Township of Nay Pyi Taw, attended by
Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission of the Republic of the
Union of Myanmar, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Senior General Min
Aung Hlaing who led the ceremony by growing a teak sapling.
On the occasion, the Senior General
said that growing trees primarily aims to conserve trees and forests as well
as substitute the damaged and lost forests with new ones due to various
reasons, as a good human activity.
He continued that cutting trees causes
climate change across the world, with record-setting heat and heavy rains due
to storms. Humans are responsible for carrying out various movements to mitigate
climate change caused by their activities. Cultivation, conservation and
protecting trees and forests are basic factors to control the possibilities of
natural disasters to some extent.
Since 2011, he recounted that Tatmadaw
families have been holding tree-growing ceremonies, to green Yezin Dam and its
environments at present.
The Senior General highlighted that if
reforestation and the continuous protection and care of forests are
consistently carried out for environmental conservation, future generations
will have the chance to enjoy the benefits.
The Senior General urged all to grow
trees with goodwill as they have to spend their spare time, money and manpower
on the movement. They have to maintain their saplings for them to thrive.
SSPC Chairman of the Republic of the
Union of Myanmar Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services Senior General Min
Aung Hlaing and his wife, Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, planted a teak sapling.
Vice-Chairman of the Commission Deputy
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Commander-in-Chief (Army), Vice-Senior
General Soe Win and his wife Daw Than Than Nwe, Chief of the General Staff
(Army, Navy and Air) General Kyaw Swa Lin and his wife, the Commander-in-Chief
(Navy) and his wife, senior Tatmadaw officers from the Office of the
Commander-in-Chief and their wives, Tatmadaw members and families participated
in growing trees in their respective places.
The Senior General, his wife and party
viewed the participation of Tatmadaw members and families in the tree-growing
ceremony.
Also present at the ceremony were
Union-level dignitaries and their wives, senior officer trainees from the
National Defence College, Tatmadaw members of the departments and offices
from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) and families.
At the ceremony, families of the
Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air) planted 900 teak saplings, 600 ironwood
saplings, 300 gum-kino saplings and 600 Mahogany saplings, totalling 2,400. In
order to conserve the natural environment and ecosystem around Yezin Dam,
Tatmadaw families of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air)
grew 208,425 perennial and shade trees in 44 times of ceremonies from 2011 to
2025.
Led by commanders and officials,
military command headquarters, regiments and units planted saplings of industrial
crops, perennial trees, shade trees and windbreaks, totalling 186,312 saplings,
including yesterday’s 2,400 saplings planted by families of the Office of the
Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air) in its third ceremony. — MNA/TTA
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