Notes
Ethiopia エチオピア,エジプト南方の国;
seedling 苗木;
Guinness record ギネス世界記録
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Ethiopia, a country in East Africa, has a problem. It is losing trees every year. The main reason is that there are more and more people living in the country. Ethiopia has the second largest population of any country in Africa. As the population grows, people cut down more trees for farming, and they use the wood for cooking and heating. This causes many environmental problems, so the government is trying to change things. On July 30, they closed public offices, and people all over Ethiopia planted 350 million seedlings in one day. What a great Guinness record! (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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