Ethiopia Plants 3.5 Lakh Trees in 12 Hours, Breaks World Record

Ethiopia, July 31, 2019:

Ethiopia citizens planted more than 350,000 trees in just 12 hours on Monday, the country's minister of innovation and technology announced on Twitter. The mass-tree planting not only helps the environment, it has also set a world record.

Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed created the initiative to help restore Ethiopia's landscape, which experts say is being eroded by deforestation and climate change.

The country's goal was to plant 200 million trees in one day. But Getahun Mekuria, Ethiopia's Minister of Innovation and Technology, later announced that 353,633,660 trees were planted.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who took part in the tree planting festivities, congratulated those involved for surpassing the initial goal.

It is to be mentioned Ethiopia has a larger goal of planting 4 billion trees between May and October 2019. The country has seen severely-depleted forest cover in the past 30 years.

India set a tree planting record in 2017, adding 66 million trees to the country.

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