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Indonesia plants 238,000 trees within one hour

Xinhua, November 28, 2016 Adjust font size:

Indonesian President Joko Widodo along with hundred of growers on Monday planted 238,000 trees in Tuban district of East Java province, a moving aiming at preserving nature and reduce carbon emissions.

All the trees were planted within one hour, making the biggest amount of threes to be grown in one hour, a cabinet secretary website said.

That breaks the world's record of 228,000 threes planted within the period, which was held by the Philippines.

A total of 5,500 farmers joined President Widodo in the campaign to plant trees. Endit