Fifty billion seedlings: Can Ethiopia replant its ravaged forests?

Inside Ethiopia’s ambitious campaign to plant 50 billion trees

People in Ethiopia are embracing one of the largest tree planting campaigns the world has ever seen. The Green Legacy Initiative aims the plant 50 billion trees.

Fifty billion seedlings: Can Ethiopia replant its ravaged forests?

A legacy of deforestation has left Ethiopia struggling with more intense flooding and drought. The country is trying to restore its native forests through one of the world’s most ambitious and well-funded tree-planting campaigns, but such projects in other nations have often fallen short.

Ethiopia’s 50 Billion-Seedling Campaign Seeks to Restore Native Forests

Decades of deforestation have left Ethiopia facing more intense flooding and drought. The country is seeking to restore its native forests through a tree-planting campaign aimed at planting 50 billion seedlings, described as one of the world’s most ambitious and well-funded efforts of its kind. The campaign’s goal is to bring back native forests, but […] The post Ethiopia’s 50 Billion-Seedling Campaign Seeks to Restore Native Forests first appea…