World Record Broken! Filipino Students, Others Plant 3.2 million Trees In 1 Hour

A new Guinness World Records has been set in
the Philippines by a team of volunteers that
planted 3.2 million trees in one hour.
A new world record has been set in the
Philippines after a team of students and other
volunteers planted a whooping 3.2 million trees
within an hour.
Officials say this feat trumps the current figure in
the Guinness World Records, set in August 15,
2011 when 1.9 million trees were planted.
It took an army of 160,000 people, mainly
students, civil servants and other volunteers.
Philippines' Regional Environment Director Marc
Fragada told AFP that the trees were planted in
six different areas on the southern Philippine
island of Mindanao.
“Our official count is about 3.2 million trees in
one hour. But we are still getting reports. We still
have to prepare the packaging of documentary
evidence (for Guinness),” he said.
Fragada said the trees included a mix of forest
varieties and commercial crops like cocoa, coffee
and rubber.
“They were chosen by the planters in hopes that
the local people will take good care of them
because it will be part of their livelihood."
They are now waiting for Official certification
from Guinness World Records.
“Based on our count, we have planted more
(than India) but whether the record is broken,
only Guinness can say that,” Fragada said
Philippines is trying to recover its forest cover
which has been depleted in recent times due to
development, logging and slash-and-burn
farming.