In India the campaign for greening the country for 12 hours 66.3 million planted trees. About it reports The Independent.
In the environmental campaign organized by the authorities of the state of Madhya Pradesh and which lasted from seven a.m. to seven p.m. Sunday, involved more than half a million people, including children and the elderly.
The chief Minister of the state shivraj Singh Chauhan has called on 2 July, a historic day. The action will be listed in the Guinness Book of records.
The government of India considering the increase in planted forests as one of the main tasks in the framework of the implementation of the Paris climate agreement signed in 2015. The total area of the Indian forests should by 2030 increase by 95 million hectares. India ranks third in the world after China and the United States on greenhouse gas emissions.