Governor SBP opens Polyculture Forest, Museum Laboratory.

Karachi -- Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Dr. Reza Baqir on Tuesday inaugurated the Polyculture Forest at the Pakistan Security Printing Corporation (PSPC) Karachi and a Paper Conservation Laboratory.

According to the SBP, he was briefed about the project in detail by the management. The Polyculture Forest is inspired by the incumbent government's priority of encouraging people, communities, organizations, businesses, and civil society to collectively plant trees and thus play their part in improving climatic conditions.

The PSPC Polyculture Forest project envisages 5,000 square meters of 'urban forest', where about 15,000 saplings of 45 indigenous species will be planted using the 'Miyawaki' method that involves planting dozens of native species in the same area.

The Miyawaki approach ensures rapid growth of plants; reportedly, plant growth is 10 times faster and the resulting plantation is 30 times denser than usual; moreover, the forest becomes maintenance-free after the first three years.

A mini lake for the project has also been developed to complement the Forest ecosystem and...