埃塞俄比亚在12小时内种植了3.5亿棵树，打破了世界植树记录

埃塞俄比亚在12小时内种植了3.5亿棵树，打破了世界植树记录

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.

夏天绝对是把自己弄脏的最佳时间，尤其是如果是为了一个好的理由!当大多数人在花园里挖土，浇花，检查他们的圣女果时，埃塞俄比亚人放弃了他们的日常工作，为了一个共同的目标而团结起来。

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.

“绿色遗产”是由埃塞俄比亚总理阿比·艾哈迈德领导的一项倡议，旨在恢复该国的景观，扭转毁林和气候变化造成的破坏。

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

埃塞俄比亚官员声称，他们种植了超过3.5亿棵树，以恢复该国的景观

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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日是一个重要的日子，人们聚集在全国各地的1000个地点，目标是种植2亿棵树苗。这一目标本身是雄心勃勃的，但到当天结束时，政府官员宣布，实际种植的树木超过3.5亿棵，比原计划高出近一倍。

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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)’.

埃塞俄比亚创新和技术部长在推特上称，参与该计划的人在12小时内成功种植了数量惊人的树木——353,633,660棵树苗。从人道主义者到学生，从政府官员到环保人士，这对所有参与其中的人来说都是一项了不起的成就。尽管这一纪录尚未得到证实，但单是植树量就足以轻松打破目前每天5000万棵的纪录。目前的纪录是2016年在印度北方邦创下的。印度的尝试被吉尼斯世界纪录官方确认为“24小时内种植的树木最多”。

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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.

据报道，为了让更多的人参与到这项活动中来，一些学校和公共机构在这一天关闭。首相亲自以身作则，种下了第一棵树苗。

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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.

在这“破纪录”的一天，埃塞俄比亚并不打算放慢脚步。毕竟，政府的目标是今年种植40亿棵树，据农业官员说，到目前为止，该国已经实现了26亿棵。

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