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On June 11th, the tiny West-African nation of Ghana planted 5 million trees for its inaugural Green Ghana Day. As part of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s plan to restore Ghana’s forests, Green Ghana Day is expected to become an annual tree planting day that grows in scale every year — from 20 million trees in 2022, to 100 million trees in 2024.
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The Man Who Plants Baobabs: A Burkina Faso hero
By Al Jazeera English [12:34] Description: El Hadji Salifou Ouédraogo has nurtured thousands of baobab trees from tiny seeds to expansive forests for the past 47 years. The trees in turn help his family, his village and the Earth. Filmmaker Michel K Zongo’s uplifting film, The Man Who Plants Baobabs, meets this charismatic old man with a youthful spirit and a lifelong commitment to his trees, which are both a lifeline and a legacy for his community. |
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Jadav Molai Payeng, also called the Forest Man of India has turned 550 acres of barren land into a lush green forest. In 1979 as a 16 year old, Jadav started planting a tree sapling a day for over 40 years. The forest is home now to Bengal tigers, rhinoceros, deer, rabbits, elephants and more.
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