`Al-Hussaini` enumerates 6 benefits of afforestation on the climate after launching the Green Saudi Initiative

Weather of Arabia - Weather and climate researcher, Abdulaziz Al-Hussaini, said that afforestation has many benefits that are directly reflected on nature and climate, coinciding with the launch of the Crown Prince to start the first phase of planting 450 million trees in the Kingdom.

Al-Hussaini summarized the benefits of afforestation in 6 main points:

• Reduce air temperature
• Partial blocking of sunlight
• Purify the air from pollutants
• soil stabilization
• Reducing dust storms and mitigating their intensity and size
• Raising the humidity in the air

Al-Hussaini added that the Crown Prince launched the first edition of the annual forum of the Green Saudi Initiative in Riyadh, which is concerned with launching new environmental initiatives for the Kingdom, and following up on the impact of the previously announced initiatives, in order to achieve the goals of the Green Saudi Initiative, saying, “The Kingdom strives to protect the land and nature.” .