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.