埃塞俄比亞在12小時內(nèi)種植了3.5億棵樹，打破了世界植樹記錄

埃塞俄比亞在12小時內(nèi)種植了3.5億棵樹，打破了世界植樹記錄

Summer is definitely the perfect time to get dirty, especially if it’s for a good cause! While most people dig around in their gardens, watering flowers and checking on their cherry tomatoes, people in Ethiopia dropped their everyday business to team up for a shared goal.

夏天絕對是把自己弄臟的最佳時間，尤其是如果是為了一個好的理由!當大多數(shù)人在花園里挖土，澆花，檢查他們的圣女果時，埃塞俄比亞人放棄了他們的日常工作，為了一個共同的目標而團結(jié)起來。

The Green Legacy is an initiative led by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, and aims to restore the country’s landscape as well as reverse the damage done by deforestation and climate change.

“綠色遺產(chǎn)”是由埃塞俄比亞總理阿比·艾哈邁德領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的一項倡議，旨在恢復(fù)該國的景觀，扭轉(zhuǎn)毀林和氣候變化造成的破壞。

Ethiopian officials claim they planted over 350 million trees in an effort to restore the country’s landscape

埃塞俄比亞官員聲稱，他們種植了超過3.5億棵樹，以恢復(fù)該國的景觀

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The big day was on July 29 when people gathered in 1,000 sites all across the country with a goal to plant 200 million saplings. The goal in itself was ambitious but by the end of the day, government officials declared that actually over 350 million trees were planted, exceeding the original plan by almost double.

7月29日是一個重要的日子，人們聚集在全國各地的1000個地點，目標是種植2億棵樹苗。這一目標本身是雄心勃勃的，但到當天結(jié)束時，政府官員宣布，實際種植的樹木超過3.5億棵，比原計劃高出近一倍。

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Ethiopia’s Minister of Innovation and Technology posted a tweet where he claimed that people who took part in the initiative managed to get an astounding amount of trees planted—353,633,660 saplings in 12 hours. Quite a feat for everyone involved, from humanitarians to students, government officials to environmentalists. Although the record hasn’t been verified, the sheer amount of trees planted would easily beat the current record of 50 million trees planted in one day, which was achieved back in 2016 in Uttar Pradesh, India. The Indian attempt is officially confirmed by Guinness World Records as ‘Most trees planted in 24 hours (team)’.

埃塞俄比亞創(chuàng)新和技術(shù)部長在推特上稱，參與該計劃的人在12小時內(nèi)成功種植了數(shù)量驚人的樹木——353,633,660棵樹苗。從人道主義者到學(xué)生，從政府官員到環(huán)保人士，這對所有參與其中的人來說都是一項了不起的成就。盡管這一紀錄尚未得到證實，但單是植樹量就足以輕松打破目前每天5000萬棵的紀錄。目前的紀錄是2016年在印度北方邦創(chuàng)下的。印度的嘗試被吉尼斯世界紀錄官方確認為“24小時內(nèi)種植的樹木最多”。

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It has been reported that some schools and public offices were shut down for the day to allow as many people to join the effort. The Prime Minister himself led by example as he planted the first sapling.

據(jù)報道，為了讓更多的人參與到這項活動中來，一些學(xué)校和公共機構(gòu)在這一天關(guān)閉。首相親自以身作則，種下了第一棵樹苗。

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And with this ‘record-breaking’ day, Ethiopia doesn’t plan to slow down. After all, the government aims to plant 4 billion trees this year, and, according to agriculture officials, the country has achieved 2.6 billion so far.

在這“破紀錄”的一天，埃塞俄比亞并不打算放慢腳步。畢竟，政府的目標是今年種植40億棵樹，據(jù)農(nóng)業(yè)官員說，到目前為止，該國已經(jīng)實現(xiàn)了26億棵。

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