Tunisia: National Tree Day - Extensive Reforestation Campaigns Launched Across Multiple Tunisian Governorates

What the report says

Tunisia marked National Tree Day with a broad set of reforestation drives launched across several governorates for the 2026-2027 season, according to Tunis Afrique Presse via AllAfrica. The campaigns are being carried out under the theme “a tree today, a forest tomorrow” and are intended to plant hundreds of thousands of saplings while restoring forest and pastoral land to help slow desertification and protect natural heritage.

The largest announced efforts were in Ben Arous, Kairouan, Kébili, Tozeur, Kef, Zaghouan, Sousse and Sfax. Reported targets include 110 hectares in Ben Arous, 400,000 forest saplings in Kairouan, more than 29,000 saplings in Kébili, and nearly 200 Tecoma trees plus 40 hectares of land in Tozeur. In Kef, officials launched a campaign covering about 332,000 saplings, while Zaghouan highlighted a Scouts-led project to plant 100,000 trees over more than 100 hectares.

The article also notes urban and municipal planting plans, including nearly 6,000 olive trees in Sousse and 5,000 trees in Sfax. Officials quoted in the report said the work is tied to broader forest restoration and climate adaptation efforts. A national forest strategy running from 2026 to 2035 was cited in Kef as aiming to reforest 30,000 hectares and improve resilience after summer losses to forest cover.

The report places the campaigns within Tunisia’s wider response to land degradation and climate pressures, with government agencies, local authorities and civil society groups all taking part.