Ethiopia sets the world record for most trees planted in a day

31 Jul 2019

Ethiopia sets the world record for most trees planted in a day

Ethiopia sets the world record for most trees planted in a dayMany states in India, as well as other countries, have been taking the initiative to plant more trees.

Recently, Ethiopia set the world record for planting the most number of trees in one day!
On 29th July, volunteers in Ethiopia planted more than 350 million trees across 1,000 sites. They planted the trees in just 12 hours!

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed started an initiative called 'Green Legacy Initiative'. The planting of the 350 million trees was part of this initiative.
 	Green Legacy Initiative is a government scheme to recover Ethiopia's forests.
 	Ethiopia aims to plant 4 billion indigenous trees between May and October, this year.

At the start of the 20th century, 30% of Ethiopia was covered by forests. However now, less than 4% of it, is.

Additionally, other African countries are also working to fight deforestation. In 2015, 10 African countries launched the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative. They aim to restore 386,000 square miles of Africa's forests by 2030.

Recently, a study published in the journal Science says that planting a trillion new trees over the next few decades will have a big impact on the environment. The trees could absorb about 205 billion tons of carbon dioxide from our atmosphere.

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