More than 100 foreign leaders have planted a tree in this park near Islamabad. The last one was Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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Visiting foreign leaders are regularly asked to indulge in Pakistan's tree-planting obsession. Here a tree planted in a park above Islamabad, the capital, by then-Vice President George Bush Sr.
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To fight deforestation, Pakistan has resorted to tree plantation campaigns that usually take place in urban environments. Once planted, the saplings are typically left to their fate and often fall victim to cattle and goats.
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