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U.N. hails success of billion-tree planting program |
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28 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 1:00 PM on 28 Nov 2007 Nature-lovin' nations around the world planted more than 1 billion trees during 2007, meeting a kinda arbitrary goal set by the U.N. last November. The effort, boosted by Ethiopia's planting of 700 million trees, "is a further sign of the breathtaking momentum witnessed this year on the challenge for this generation -- climate change," said Achim Steiner, head of the U.N. Environment ... |
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