Amhara state launches campaign to plant 205m trees a day

Addis Ababa, July 16, 2020 (FBC) – The Amhara regional state has started a green legacy campaign to plant 205 million trees a day.

It was launched in Bahir Dar around Zenzelema today in the presence of chief administrator of the regional state Temesgen Tiruneh and other officials.

Ethiopia plans to plant 5 billion trees this year and 1.75 billion of them will be planted in the Amhara regional state.

The country has so far planted 2.9 billion tree seedlings.

Temesgen said the regional state is working to make the green legacy initiative, an ambitious plan to plant 20 billion seedlings by 2024, a success.