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Ethiopia to break tree-planting record with 200 million trees a day to tackle climate change

By alternativeafrica
July 29, 2019
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London, July 29, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ethiopia is targeting a new world record in tree planting with 200 million trees to be planted in a single day to combat effects of deforestation in the east African country

Already, the country has planted millions of trees in a spate of 4 hours

Ethiopian President Sahilework Zewdie join the tree planting campaign on Monday in Gondar and Arba Minch. (ENA)

The current World Record for planting trees in a single day is held by India, which used 800,000 volunteers to plant more than 50 million trees in 2016.

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Ethiopia’s Minister of Innovation and Technology Getahun Mekuria has been tweeting about the progress:

Twitter post by @DrGetahun: BREAKING NEWS  NATIONAL GREENING DAY ETHIOPIAIn one Single day, between 7 00AM and now 11 21AM 67 Million Trees Planted in EthiopiaWorld Recorded Registered
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed leads other government officials to plant trees aims to counter the effects of deforestation and climate change in the drought-prone country. (BBC)

Trees seedling planting campaign is part of the national 4 billion trees planting project officially launched by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on May 26, 2019

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is leading the project which aims to counter the effects of deforestation and climate change in the drought-prone country.

Some public offices have been shut down to allow civil servants to take part.

Ethiopia to break tree-planting record with 200 million trees a day to tackle climate change (ENA)

The UN says Ethiopia’s forest coverage declined from 35% of total land in the early 20th Century to a little above 4% in the 2000s.

Mr Abiy launched the tree-planting exercise as part of his Green Legacy Initiative, which is taking part in 1,000 sites across the country.

The aim is to plant a total of four billion trees.

The BBC’s Kalkidan Yibeltal in Addis Ababa says that for days, promotional videos have run on state media urging the public to plant and care for trees.

Critics of Mr Abiy say he is using the campaign to distract the public from the challenges his government is facing, including ethnic conflicts which have forced some 2.5 million people from their homes.

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  1. Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, three others sign MOU for joint maritime security | Alternative Africa 29 July, 2019 at 12:48 Reply

    […] Ethiopia to break tree-planting record with 200 million trees a day to tackle climate change […]

  2. Ethiopia plants 250 million trees a day to set new World Record | Alternative Africa 30 July, 2019 at 00:55 Reply

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