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Ethiopia Plants 350 Million Trees in 12 Hours!

The massive effort is part of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Green Legacy Initiative, which aims to plant more than 4 billion trees between May and October, or 40 trees per person.

Ethiopia: Arid Ethiopia Plants 350 Million Trees in One Day

VOA, 30 July 2019

Ethiopians planted more than 350 million trees in one day, officials say, in what they believe is a world record. Read more »

Photo: Screenshot/The National

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gets his hands dirty.

Ethiopia: Greening Ethiopia Initiative Plants 200 Million Saplings On a Single Day

Economic Commission for Africa, 29 July 2019

A nation-wide tree planting initiative kicked off on the morning of Monday 29th July aimed at breaking the world record of planting 200 million saplings on a single day. India… Read more »
Kenya: Ethiopian PM Schools Sonko on How to Raise Millions for City Cleanup

Nairobi News, 22 May 2019

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko could learn a lesson or two from Ethiopian Prime minister Abiy Ahmed on how to raise funds to beautify a city. Read more »
Ethiopia: In Southern Ethiopia, Herders Join Forces to Revive Rangelands

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 6 December 2018

Restoring grazing land and forest can help communities stand up to the more frequent droughts climate change is bringing, farmers say Read more »