Peru plant​ing 512,​820 Trees​ Per Day

[Mrs. Sharon B. Hodge]

Peru plant​ing 512,​820 Trees​ Per Day



Sept 2008 - School children in Lima, Peru, break the Guinness record by planting 18500 trees in less than an hour

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Peru plants 512,820 trees per day
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Fair Home
by David Masters
January 12, 2009

http://www. fairhome. co. uk/2009/01/12/peru-plants-512820-trees-pe...

Across the Atlantic, on the vast continent of America, one country is taking climate change seriously

Unfortunately it’s not the US (not yet, anyway), but Peru

Peru’s Ministry of Agriculture has decided to single handedly attempt to mitigate the effects of climate change using a nation-wide tree planting project

The campaign began on 13th December, and aims to have 40 million trees planted by 20th February

Forty million trees in three months. That’s the same as 512,820 trees per day.
Which is a lot of tree planting

A workforce of 130,000 people, in fact, with each person planting an average 4.
5 trees per day

Eucalyptus, pine, cypress and pepper trees will be planted in 18 Peruvian regions with suitable soil and rainfall

Will all this work be worth it?

The Ministry of Agriculture estimates the trees will remove 570,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year

Well worth it, I’d say.