CHILAS, Sep 29 (APP): The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) under the project “Reversing deforestation and forest degradation in high conservation value chilogoza pine forest in Pakistan” inaugurated pine nut (chilgoza) processing unit in Diamer district of Gilgit Baltistan here on Tuesday. The project was funded by the Global Environment Fund and implemented under the oversight of the Ministry of Climate Change, said a press release. “The project is additionally contributing 23 million trees to the Ten Billion Trees Programme of MoCC.” In Diamer district, the chilgoza pine forest covers an area of around 18,000 hectares. … Continue reading FAO installs Chilgoza Processing Unit at Chilas, Diamer in Gilgit Baltistan