Earlier this year, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister officially launched an ambitious initiative aiming at restoring the country’s landscape, which experts say is fast being eroded by deforestation and climate change.
The campaign entails planting an astounding 4 billion trees by the end of the summer. And while the target number may seem far-fetched, Ethiopians have recently proven that they are ready to go all in to reach it. On Monday, the country broke records by planting more than 350 million trees in one single day.
A total of 353,633,660 tree seedlings had been planted, according to the country’s minister for innovation and technology. The previous world record for the most trees planted in one day stood at 50m, which has been held by India since 2016.
