Saudi Arabia restores 614,000 hectares, surpasses 60% of national milestone

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has successfully rehabilitated over 614,000 hectares of the 2.5 million hectares projected for 2030, the King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority announced. The Authority explained that the Kingdom had rehabilitated more than 60% of the total national environmental accomplishment, namely the first one million hectares of vegetated land. **media[2696204]** CEO of the King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority, Maher Al Qothmi, stressed that this accomplishment reflects the scale of systematic work in achieving environmental sustainability targets He noted that the rehabilitated area reached 614,312.92 hectares of reserve land, reflecting the efficiency of implementation plans and their ability to create a tangible impact on the ground. **media[2696205]** The field efforts — carried out by the authority — reached this result through cooperating with relevant entities and the local community, focusing on protecting natural habitats, reducing environmental violations, and applying advanced scientific practices to rehabilitate degraded land. This progress comes at a time when the Kingdom is witnessing accelerating environmental momentum, such as planting more than 159 million trees, within integrated national efforts to develop vegetation cover and address desertification and climate change challenges.