Ethiopia takes on a 2-pronged approach to deforestation: Saving primary forests with our TREE stone walls, and planting new trees!

Article from cnn.com:

(CNN)Ethiopia planted more than 353 million trees in 12 hours on Monday, which officials believe is a world record.

The burst of tree planting was part of a wider reforestation campaign named “Green Legacy,” spearheaded by the country’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Millions of Ethiopians across the country were invited to take part in the challenge and within the first six hours, Ahmed tweeted that around 150 million trees had been planted.

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