Chevron kicks off tree plantation drive
FE Report | Thursday, 19 June 2008
Chevron Bangladesh President Steve Wilson officially kicked off the company's 2008 Tree Plantation drive Monday at the Jalalabad field in Sylhet.
Some 70 employees and contractors took part in this programme and planted saplings of fruit bearing trees, which included mango, jackfruit and guava.
Looking forward to a successful programme, Mr. Wilson said, "We aim to achieve positive results in the communities in which Chevron works through effective environmental stewardship, one of our core values. The success of our previous plantation programmes speaks to our commitment to better the environment. The tree plantation programme is also a great opportunity to work with the local community to advance common causes."
The plantation area in Sylhet will also include roadside hillocks adjacent to the Osmani Airport.
Under a similar programme last year, Chevron covered some of the hillocks in the area with over 6500 saplings, the large majority of which are now thriving.
The target this year is to carry out a forestation drive in the hillocks, which are still treeless by planting over 6000 timber tree saplings. At another Chevron facility in Bibiyana, around 5,000 saplings will be planted on both sides of Chevron's North South Link Road, with the plant and field employees joining in this rejuvenation effort.
A third Chevron location in the Moulavi Bazar area will see the planting of the highest number of trees. Some 30,000 saplings will be planted in the Lawachhara Forest area in collaboration with forest department.
The saplings will consist of fruit and timber plants such as neem, amloki, bot.
In this area, the main purpose of planting fruit tree saplings is to provide the animal populations of the forest with steady sources of food.
Employees from Chevron's Dhaka office will join their co-workers from Chevron's Moulavi Bazar Field facilities in this effort.
Chevron's previous tree plantation programmes have all been successful.
In the Lawachhara Forest alone, Chevron's continued care and nurturing has resulted in a survival rate of around 90 per cent of the trees planted.
At present, the trees in the area have exceeded two meters in height, adding to the floral diversity of the forest.
Some 70 employees and contractors took part in this programme and planted saplings of fruit bearing trees, which included mango, jackfruit and guava.
Looking forward to a successful programme, Mr. Wilson said, "We aim to achieve positive results in the communities in which Chevron works through effective environmental stewardship, one of our core values. The success of our previous plantation programmes speaks to our commitment to better the environment. The tree plantation programme is also a great opportunity to work with the local community to advance common causes."
The plantation area in Sylhet will also include roadside hillocks adjacent to the Osmani Airport.
Under a similar programme last year, Chevron covered some of the hillocks in the area with over 6500 saplings, the large majority of which are now thriving.
The target this year is to carry out a forestation drive in the hillocks, which are still treeless by planting over 6000 timber tree saplings. At another Chevron facility in Bibiyana, around 5,000 saplings will be planted on both sides of Chevron's North South Link Road, with the plant and field employees joining in this rejuvenation effort.
A third Chevron location in the Moulavi Bazar area will see the planting of the highest number of trees. Some 30,000 saplings will be planted in the Lawachhara Forest area in collaboration with forest department.
The saplings will consist of fruit and timber plants such as neem, amloki, bot.
In this area, the main purpose of planting fruit tree saplings is to provide the animal populations of the forest with steady sources of food.
Employees from Chevron's Dhaka office will join their co-workers from Chevron's Moulavi Bazar Field facilities in this effort.
Chevron's previous tree plantation programmes have all been successful.
In the Lawachhara Forest alone, Chevron's continued care and nurturing has resulted in a survival rate of around 90 per cent of the trees planted.
At present, the trees in the area have exceeded two meters in height, adding to the floral diversity of the forest.