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Ethiopia Breaks World Record by Planting over 350 Million Trees in 12 Hours
Ethiopia exceeded their expectations by planting over 350 million trees in half a day. Their greater goal is to plant four billion trees before the end of the year.
“Today is a testimony that unity is power,” were the words of Ethiopia Prime Minister Amir Aman after his country achieved an impressive feat of planting over 350 million trees in just 12 hours.
ሐምሌ 22, 2011 ዓ.ም የጤና ሚኒስቴር፣ የተጠሪ ተቋማት እና የፌደራል ሆስፒታል ሰራተኞች #አረንጓዴአሻራ ለማኖር ወደ ምስራቅ ሸዋ ሎሜ ወረዳ ያቀናሉ::
— Amir Aman, MD (@amirabiy) July 28, 2019
ለትውልድ የምናስረክባትን ሀገር በአንድነት እንገንባ! #GreenLegacy
Greener Ethiopia=HealthierEthiopia pic.twitter.com/vFDytcidPp
THE FEAT IS PART OF A GREATER INITIATIVE
The record-breaking achievement was part of Ethiopia’s forest restoration project called Green Legacy. Aman described it on Twitter as “a vision for the next generation. It is creating a blueprint for them and showing them the way.”
According to a study earlier last month, forest restoration could diminish greenhouse gas emissions by two-thirds.
#GreenLegacy is a vision for the next generation. It is creating a blueprint for them and showing them the way. #GreenEthiopia #HealthyEthiopia 🇪🇹 pic.twitter.com/TFudQhiAKc
— Amir Aman, MD (@amirabiy) July 29, 2019
As part of the initiative, the original goal was to plant 200 million seedlings in 12 hours.
However, they exceeded expectations when the country’s minister for innovation and technology, Getahun Mekuriarevealed that a total of 353,633,660 seedlings were actually planted in half a day on July 29.
The historical day marks a new record for Guinness which previously listed India as the highest planting country in one day.
BREAKING NEWS!!
— Dr.-Ing. Getahun Mekuria (@DrGetahun) July 29, 2019
ETHIOPIA PLANTED
353,633,660 TREE SEEDLINGS IN 12Hours#GreenLegacyEthiopia#PMOEthiopia pic.twitter.com/TewfqNzXMN
Proud of what his citizens accomplished, Aman wrote on Twitter, “Today is a testimony that unity is power! Ethiopians all together made history again!!!”
Ethiopia’s efforts are reportedly just a fraction of their greater goal for Green Legacy which is to plant four billion trees between May and October this year.
Congratulations #Ethiopia
— Amir Aman, MD (@amirabiy) July 29, 2019
Today is a testimony that unity is power!
Ethiopians all together made history again!!!#GreenLegacy 🌱 🌱 🌱 @PMEthiopia @SahleWorkZewde @ObaOumer @EyobTolina https://t.co/4EaPcyNKAD
IT BROKE INDIA'S PREVIOUS RECORD
The historical day marks a new record for Guinness which previously listed India as the highest planting country in one day, with a record of more than 50 million trees planted three years ago.
Honored to have been part of the #GreenLegacy Initiative. “He Who Plants a Tree Plants Hope”- Lucy Larcom @PMEthiopia pic.twitter.com/d7K6BTpYor
— Lia Tadesse (@lia_tadesse) July 29, 2019
ETHIOPIA AND OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES AIM TO PLANT MORE
Ethiopia’s efforts are reportedly just a fraction of their greater goal for Green Legacy which is to plant four billion trees between May and October this year.
The country is one of two dozen African nations that pledged to restore 100 million hectares of land in Africa by 2030 realizing their forested area is down to less than 4% of its total land area due to drought and soil erosion in the last one hundred years.
#TravelNews More of this please!#Ethiopia #EastAfrica #Africa #Afforestation #TreePlantation #GreenEarth #SaveEarth #OT https://t.co/7dK8PAfFUq
— Outlook Traveller (@oltraveller) August 1, 2019
According to a study earlier last month, forest restoration could diminish greenhouse gas emissions by two thirds. With Africa playing a big role in this, it would be a huge help to combat global climate change.
