50 Feddans of Eucalyptus Newly Planted at Hurghada's Tree Forest, Red Sea Environment Directorate Reports
A joint committee from the Red Sea Governorate's environment and agriculture directorates inspected the tree forest at Hurghada, including 50 feddans of Ministry of Agriculture land recently planted with eucalyptus. The report does not say what environmental problems were found at the site.
21 October 2026
The Red Sea Governorate's General Directorate for Environmental Affairs has made an extended inspection visit to the tree forest at Hurghada to check the site's environmental condition, record the problems there and look at ways of resolving them, the Egyptian outlet Dar Al-Maaref reported.
During the tour the committee inspected 50 feddans, about 21 hectares, of land belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture's Central Administration for Afforestation that has recently been planted with eucalyptus trees. The committee assessed the environmental condition of the plot and checked that the work was being carried out to the applicable standards.
The visit was led by the director general of environmental affairs, Dr Mohamed Abdel Wahab Sedik, and the director general of the agriculture directorate, Eng. Mahmoud Abdel Aty, and a representative of the drinking water and sanitation company took part. The committee closed the visit by stressing continued coordination between the bodies involved to clear any environmental obstacles at the site.
The report does not say when the visit took place, when the eucalyptus was planted, or which environmental problems the committee recorded.