About 350m trees have been planted in a single day in Ethiopia, according to a government minister.
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| The prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, plants a tree in Addis Ababa. |
The planting is part of a national “green legacy” initiative to grow 4bn trees in the country this summer by encouraging every citizen to plant at least 40 seedlings. Public offices have reportedly been shut down in order for civil servants to take part.
The project aims to tackle the effects of deforestation and climate change in the drought-prone country. According to the UN, Ethiopia’s forest coverage was just 4% in the 2000s, down from 35% a century earlier.
Read the story from The Guardian by Anna Ploszajski - “Ethiopia plants 350m trees in a day to help tackle climate crisis.”
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