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OBBO: When funds are stolen, peasants piss on seedlings

Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed plants a tree on July 27, 2019. Ethiopia’s forested land has decreased from almost a third of the country at the start of the 20th century, to less than four per cent today. PHOTO COURTESY | ETHIOPIAN PM

By  Charles Onyango-Obbo

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Last Monday, Ethiopia planted more than 350 million trees in 12 hours, in what almost certainly was a world record.

India had until then held the tree-planting bragging rights, with volunteers having in 2017 planted 66 million trees in 12 hours.

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