*[Enwl-eng] [can-eecca] Planting trees in Ethiopia

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In Ethiopia, for a day planted over 350 million trees to combat climate 
change
The Ethiopian authorities have decided to fight climate change through the 
mass planting of trees. This was reported by the BBC. For twelve hours were 
planted more than 353 million plants. Updates about how many trees already 
planted in his Twitter publishes head of the Ministry of Innovation and 
Technology Getahun Mekuriya. The head of the initiative "Green Heritage" was 
the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abijah Ahmed Ali, who himself also planted 
some trees. Some government offices were closed today, the officials took 
part in the project.



According to the UN, at the beginning of the XX century 35% of Ethiopia was 
covered with trees. In the 2000s, their number had dropped to 4%. The 
initiative "Green Heritage" takes place in thousands of cities across the 
country. The main objective of the project - land 4 billion plant. Also, the 
Ethiopian government say that by planting as many trees per day, they set a 
new world record. In 2016, a similar record was recorded in India, whereas 
800 thousand volunteers per day planted over 50 million trees. As reported 
by the BBC, critics of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia has claimed that with 
the help of "green" initiatives it distracts people from other problems in 
the country - for example, severe ethnic conflicts.


Sincerely,
Shala Rzazade
WDFPU
Youth Department

From: Jala Rzazade
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2019 6:17 PM
Subject: [can-eecca] Planting trees in Ethiopia

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