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Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in one day to combat climate change

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ETV/Oromia Media Network via Reuters

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="et"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenLegacy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenLegacy</a> in Wolayta Soddo<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E1%8A%A0%E1%88%A8%E1%8A%95%E1%8C%93%E1%8B%B4%E1%8A%A0%E1%88%BB%E1%88%AB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#አረንጓዴአሻራ</a> በወላይታ ሶዶ<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PMOEthiopia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PMOEthiopia</a> <a href="https://t.co/qnl9sj547j">pic.twitter.com/qnl9sj547j</a></p>— Office of the Prime Minister - Ethiopia (@PMEthiopia) <a href="https://twitter.com/PMEthiopia/status/1155757837395660800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Ethiopia has planted 350 million trees in one day to combat climate change and desertification, the government said on Monday, July 29.</p><p>It is yet to be announced whether the initiative has broken the world record for the number of trees planted in a single day.</p><p>Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed led the &quot;green campaign&quot; and gave government employees time off to take part in the tree-planting initiative.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING NEWS!!<br/><br/>ETHIOPIA PLANTED<br/>353,633,660 TREE SEEDLINGS IN 12Hours<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenLegacyEthiopia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenLegacyEthiopia</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PMOEthiopia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PMOEthiopia</a> <a href="https://t.co/TewfqNzXMN">pic.twitter.com/TewfqNzXMN</a></p>— Dr.-Ing. Getahun Mekuria (@DrGetahun) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrGetahun/status/1155866965774405633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>According to the United Nations, Ethiopia&#x27;s forest coverage declined from 35 percent of total land in the 1900s to just over over 4 percent in only 100 years.</p><p>Ethiopia is using the campaign as a means of reclaiming its land and the productivity that comes with it.</p>

<p>Ethiopia has planted 350 million trees in one day to combat climate change and desertification, the government said on Monday (July 29).<br /> </p>

Ethiopia has planted 350 million trees in one day to combat climate change and desertification, the government said on Monday (July 29).