Last Friday, Philippines broke
the world record for most number of trees planted in just one hour, with a
partial tally surpassing to two million against the 1.9 million trees record by
India.
MinDA (Mindanao Development
Authority) as the lead government behind “Treevolution
Regreening Mindanao” campaign, said that the number of trees
confirmed that it planted 2,088,069 as
of 3 p.m. The number still needs to be validated by Guinness World Record.
The target of the campaign is to
plant 4.6 million trees across six regions in Mindanao. It would take two
months before the Guinness would confirm if India’s record was broken.
“Counting is still ongoing!”
a Treevolution secretariat said on Facebook. “Congratulations Mindanawons!
Indeed, for the environment, we are MindanaONE.”
The chairperson of MinDA Lualhati
Antonino, said that the campaign turned to be a source of unity among the Mindanawons.
“With or without a record to beat,
this is something that has awakened us to do something beautiful for Mindanao
and for ourselves.”
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