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Mass tree-planting in Indonesia (BBC)

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Indonesia is trying to plant nearly 80 million trees in a single day, in an attempt to set a new world record and deflect criticism about deforestation.

Police, soldiers and local officials joined President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the nationwide project.

The plan is part of a campaign launched at UN climate change talks last year.

A World Bank report puts Indonesia as the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter - owing to deforestation, land clearing and forest fires.

President Yudhoyono took part in the planting of more than 1,000 native trees in Bogor, west Java.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7117002.stm

Their *president* is trying to set a good example as an environmentalist? What a crazy idea! :crazy:

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