With 7 million new trees, Costa Rica’s breathing easier
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009Seven million trees were planted in Costa Rica last year, and both the government and residents plan to do the same this year.
The campaign that has enabled the massive endeavor is called A qué sembras un árbol, roughly translated Go Plant a Tree, and was actually initiated by a group of youth who wanted to aid in the United Nations’ worldwide campaign Planting for the Planet. That campaign aimed to grow 1 billion trees in 2007 and 3.5 billion in 2008.
A qué sembras un árbol aims to promote reforestation, forestry awareness and sustainable forestry management, with larger goals of mitigating climate change, conserving biodiversity, and regaining forest cover. (more…)
