Garowe Airport Needs Lots Of Trees

[DR OSMAN]

 

[DR OSMAN]

Why do these people hate trees? Are they allergic to it? Trees and fountains of water need to be landscaped into the airport grounds. The Airport is the first impression of an ummah.

 

[DR OSMAN]

Waryaa godey boy @Land Of The Brave unlike you I provide constructive criticism where my region is below par, do you do the same for your region?

 

[DR OSMAN]

We need to select trees and zone it where appropriate to commercial, govt, residential, mixed use areas, airports, ports, etc. what we plant in residential zones is not the type of trees you plant in airports or commercial or govt zones. This type of zoning laws is what a govt job is.

 

[Buddeh]

Trees on a runway is a massive risk. Grass on the other hand would work fine. I’m sure there are certain types of grass in Somalia that can maintain their health with less water.

 

[DR OSMAN]

Trees on a runway is a massive risk. Grass on the other hand would work fine. I’m sure there are certain types of grass in Somalia that can maintain their health with less water.

Oh ok didn't know that. But gee pave the gravel or grass it.

 

[DR OSMAN]

Trees on a runway is a massive risk. Grass on the other hand would work fine. I’m sure there are certain types of grass in Somalia that can maintain their health with less water.

Is there grass seeds that are not water hungry and adjusted to dry conditions? Maybe synthetic turf but it won't look good I suspect in an airport setting but works fine in sporting ground. Let's look at Oman Airport for some brainstorming who has similar topology to Puntland.

 

[Hassan Garguute Buldanana]

You can't plant trees near runways boowe.

 

[Three Moons]

Zoysia grass would be great for the Somali climate, it doesn’t need a lot of water and it’s the most common one used for golf courses and runways in a warm US state like Florida. I always found the blooming runways of L.A International Airport also nice to look at;

It’s not that Somalis hate trees or beautification, it’s just that they are raised in a culture that only values ‘usefulness’. In their minds an airport is solely meant to take them from A to B and from B to A. You need ‘out of the box’ thinking to look at a barren airport and say ‘we need more greenery’.

I guarantee you the major officials part of these projects don’t have that on their minds when they cut the red lint, only ‘A to B’.

 

[Djokovic]

Idk any bird experts on here I think that would attract lots of birds not good for the planes

 

[Hassan Garguute Buldanana]

Idk any bird experts on here I think that would attract lots of birds not good for the planes

It's in case the planes misses the runway. You don't want bunch of trees everywhere

 

[Abu Hesi]

I think because it is small, your eyes hit the surounding sand areas and it is unpleasant.

just need to pave those areas with concrete; otherwise it is fine.

 

[Man with a garuun]

Why do these people hate trees? Are they allergic to it? Trees and fountains of water need to be landscaped into the airport grounds. The Airport is the first impression of an ummah.

It needs resources. Hopefully, as the economy grows and the govt collects more taxes, projects like these will be undertaken.

With that in mind, the start is good now. Not sure if you saw but trees were already planted there. I think the city govt - not the state govt - should undertake this effort. It should be funded as part of their tax collection plan. The diaspora needs to help as well. The expectation that everything will be done there and the diaspora will return while everything is ready should change.

 

[repo]

The entirety of Puntland needs landscaping. There's no excuse for the road leading to the airport not to have trees and flowers.

 

[CABDULWALI XASAN.]

What it needs is greenn grass a properly marked borders and safety lines.

 

[CABDULWALI XASAN.]

Do weeds even exist in somalia bruh Just the other day I saw a tumble weed in the Minnesotan Walmart

 

[DR OSMAN]

It needs resources. Hopefully, as the economy grows and the govt collects more taxes, projects like these will be undertaken.

With that in mind, the start is good now. Not sure if you saw but trees were already planted there. I think the city govt - not the state govt - should undertake this effort. It should be funded as part of their tax collection plan. The diaspora needs to help as well. The expectation that everything will be done there and the diaspora will return while everything is ready should change.

Well you are right the diaspora and local partnership need to be done I agree, at what level will it be done is the question at the sub clan level, district level, tuulo level, Puntland level. We hold many useless diaspora forum and just talk nonsense and meet up the next year for the same nonsense talk on or celebrating PL anniversary.

We must set up a 5 year plan between diaspora and locals and set goals we want to achieve within those five years whether it's economical, social, environmental, infrastructure funding, etc. we must agree to some common goals and principles that we want to see a better Puntland then where it was five years prior.

We must set up a strict governance and transparency tho to ensure their is full confidence that allocated funds will reach it's allocated task. We must set up reporting so ppl are aware of the tasks and scope being undertaken and what pillar or goal it supports in the diaspora and local partnership. We need a lessons learned each five years on challenges encountered, tasks incomplete, etc so we don't repeat it.

 

[Man with a garuun]

Well you are right the diaspora and local partnership need to be done I agree, at what level will it be done is the question at the sub clan level, district level, tuulo level, Puntland level. We hold many useless diaspora forum and just talk nonsense and meet up the next year for the same nonsense talk on or celebrating PL anniversary.

The mayor of the city of Garowe and mayors of every other city should be leading the reforestation of their cities. The diaspora should be working with the mayors, especially providing funding to each city.

We must set up a 5 year plan between diaspora and locals and set goals we want to achieve within those five years whether it's economical, social, environmental, infrastructure funding, etc. we must agree to some common goals and principles that we want to see a better Puntland then where it was five years prior.

We must set up a strict governance and transparency tho to ensure their is full confidence that allocated funds will reach it's allocated task. We must set up reporting so ppl are aware of the tasks and scope being undertaken and what pillar or goal it supports in the diaspora and local partnership. We need a lessons learned each five years on challenges encountered, tasks incomplete, etc so we don't repeat it.

In any non-profit effort, between 10% - 20 % of the funding is usually allocated to administrative work. In the case of transparency, we need to take the current climate into account, meaning some of the funding should be allocated for mayors and their offices to use them for 'their administrative work'. In other words, we need to develop the understanding that they will spend roughly 40% of the funding to other purposes. With this background, if they could commit 60% of the diaspora support to the reforestation project, that would be sufficient.

There is also a need to have a long term plan, especially hiring employees whose job is to look after the existing trees. In a hot, dry climate like the one we have back home, someone should be watering the trees on daily basis. This is where we need both the cities' mayors and the diaspora developing a plan to make the cities & towns green.