The Bolivarian Government officially launched the 2026 National Planting Plan, aiming to plant 10 million trees across the country next year, under the slogan “one tree per family.” The initiative seeks to strengthen ecological balance and food sovereignty by coordinating efforts between the State, communes, and citizens.

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The launch event took place on Chuquisaca Hill in the Macarao parish of Caracas and was attended by President Nicolás Maduro; the president of Mission Tree and the National Parks Institute (Inparques), Rosinés Chávez; the Minister for Ecosocialism, Ricardo Molina; and the Vice President for Science, Technology, Ecosocialism, and Health, Gabriela Jiménez.

“Every family, school, student, and teacher must get involved. We are going to establish a nursery in each commune, including medicinal, fruit, ornamental, and forest plants,” the president declared, while instructing the creation of community nurseries in the country’s 5,336 communes. Among the prioritized species are mahogany, ceiba, and the Caracas walnut.

Rosinés Chávez described the project as “a gift to Mother Earth” and emphasized the commitment of Venezuelan youth to planting at the national level. For his part, Ricardo Molina stressed that “this isn’t done solely by a ministry or a mayor’s office; it’s done with the people,” and highlighted that Venezuela has more than 220 native fruit species.

Minister Gabriela Jiménez added that the Chuquisaca Plan, as this initiative is also known, not only aims at reforestation but also at rescuing the ancestral medicinal knowledge of Indigenous, Caribbean, and Amazonian peoples, protecting the nation’s agrobiodiversity, which includes more than 240 varieties of fruit trees.

The day culminated with a symbolic planting led by President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, marking the formal launch of the plan that will guide Venezuela’s environmental agenda in 2026.

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