By Liliana Usvat
Blog 207-365
World Record
Camarines Sur province Philippines planted the largest number of trees simultaneously in one hour 64,096 demolishing the previous record of India at 50,033 trees.
Tree-planting activity for the Guinness Book of World Records was part of the El Verde" tree planting program of the province of Camarines Sur that aims to plant 12 million trees from 2011 to 2012.
Australian forests have been heavily affected since European colonisation, and some attempts have been made to restore native habitats, both by government and individuals. Greening Australia is a national Non profit set up to run the "National Tree Program" initiated by the Federal Government in 1982. Greening Australia completed the 1 Billion Tree target and has gone on to become one of the major tree planting organisations in the country.
National Tree Day is organised annually by Planet Ark in the last week in July, encouraging the public to plant 1 million native trees per year. Many state governments run their own "Million Tree" programs each year to encourage community involvement
Canada
The average British Columbian planter plants 1 600 trees per day, but it is not uncommon for veterans to plant up to 4,000 trees per day while working in the interior. These numbers are higher in central and eastern Canada, where the terrain is generally faster, however the price per tree is slightly lower as a result. Average daily totals of 2500 are common, with experienced planters planting upwards of 5000 trees a day. Numbers as high as 7500 a day have been recorded.
China
Tree-planting has become a way of living for Chinese people today with millions of citizens involved as volunteers making the country greener.
Trees planted in the spring are a bit of a tradition, marking the beginning of children's schooling, one's enrollment of colleague in army service, or for a wedding or as birthday commemoration.
"Each spring -- citizens have a duty to plant trees -- there will be dozens of places open to the public for tree planting in urban areas, particularly in metropolitan areas like Beijing and Shanghai,"
In 2013, nearly 560 million people planted more than 2.5 billion trees throughout China. The accumulated efforts of volunteers reached 8.8 billion with more than 42 billion trees planted during the 1982-2003 period, NAC's statistics indicate.
To date, the area with human-planted trees across China has exceeded 46 million hectares, ranking it first in the world.
Better than that, the country's goal of afforestation on every waste-fill hill suitable for tree-planting has come true in a dozen provinces or a quarter of the total.
Pakistan
Pakistan may now hold the Guinness World Record for most trees planted in a single day by a single person .
India
India can now claim the record for most trees planted in under an hour. The event took place on land owned by the famous Hemis Buddhist monastery in the region of Ladakh and was sponsored by the Live to Love Foundation, of the Drukpa lineage.
Volunteers in Dungarpur, India attempted
to plant 600,000
trees in 24 hours:The volunteers planted mango, neem, teak, and
jatropha. Once planted the trees will be adopted by local people -- and
supervised by the Indian Forestry Service -- to ensure that they are
water and properly cared for.
Peru
In Peru , where 27,166 saplings were planted by 8,000 people in an hour.
What was Planted ? The Willows
The willows can help stop soil erosion and stabilize the soil, in addition to helping stop mudslides during cloudbursts.
Blog 207-365
World Record
- World record for planting trees by an individual: 15,170 in one day, by Canadian planter Ken Chaplin.
- World record for planting trees by a group: 541,176 mangrove seedlings by three hundred Pakistani villagers–all were volunteers.
- Biggest tree planting project in the world: The Great Green Wall, China.
- Maximum number of seeds contained in one square metre of old-growth forest soil: 1,000.
- Tallest Douglas-fir tree in the world: The Red Creek Tree, Vancouver Island, 242 feet tall.
- Average number of trees planted in a day by a professional tree planter: 1,600.
Average distance walked: 16 kilometers.
Camarines Sur province Philippines planted the largest number of trees simultaneously in one hour 64,096 demolishing the previous record of India at 50,033 trees.
Tree-planting activity for the Guinness Book of World Records was part of the El Verde" tree planting program of the province of Camarines Sur that aims to plant 12 million trees from 2011 to 2012.
Australian forests have been heavily affected since European colonisation, and some attempts have been made to restore native habitats, both by government and individuals. Greening Australia is a national Non profit set up to run the "National Tree Program" initiated by the Federal Government in 1982. Greening Australia completed the 1 Billion Tree target and has gone on to become one of the major tree planting organisations in the country.
National Tree Day is organised annually by Planet Ark in the last week in July, encouraging the public to plant 1 million native trees per year. Many state governments run their own "Million Tree" programs each year to encourage community involvement
Canada
The average British Columbian planter plants 1 600 trees per day, but it is not uncommon for veterans to plant up to 4,000 trees per day while working in the interior. These numbers are higher in central and eastern Canada, where the terrain is generally faster, however the price per tree is slightly lower as a result. Average daily totals of 2500 are common, with experienced planters planting upwards of 5000 trees a day. Numbers as high as 7500 a day have been recorded.
China
Tree-planting has become a way of living for Chinese people today with millions of citizens involved as volunteers making the country greener.
Trees planted in the spring are a bit of a tradition, marking the beginning of children's schooling, one's enrollment of colleague in army service, or for a wedding or as birthday commemoration.
"Each spring -- citizens have a duty to plant trees -- there will be dozens of places open to the public for tree planting in urban areas, particularly in metropolitan areas like Beijing and Shanghai,"
In 2013, nearly 560 million people planted more than 2.5 billion trees throughout China. The accumulated efforts of volunteers reached 8.8 billion with more than 42 billion trees planted during the 1982-2003 period, NAC's statistics indicate.
To date, the area with human-planted trees across China has exceeded 46 million hectares, ranking it first in the world.
Better than that, the country's goal of afforestation on every waste-fill hill suitable for tree-planting has come true in a dozen provinces or a quarter of the total.
Pakistan
Pakistan may now hold the Guinness World Record for most trees planted in a single day by a single person .
India
India can now claim the record for most trees planted in under an hour. The event took place on land owned by the famous Hemis Buddhist monastery in the region of Ladakh and was sponsored by the Live to Love Foundation, of the Drukpa lineage.
Volunteers in Dungarpur, India attempted
Peru
In Peru , where 27,166 saplings were planted by 8,000 people in an hour.
What was Planted ? The Willows
The willows can help stop soil erosion and stabilize the soil, in addition to helping stop mudslides during cloudbursts.
