tag:gaia.com,2008,:Gaia http://groups.gaia.com/climate_change/discussions/feeds/thread/52474 en-us 1 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:38:59 GMT Gaia: CLIMATE CHANGE - Climate Change Coffee Cooler - Boston Globe: Philippines hopes to set tree record http://coolmel.gaia.com ~C4Chaos tag:gaia.com,2006:Gaia-52474 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:38:59 GMT http://groups.gaia.com/climate_change/conversations/view/52474 <p> <em>(via <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/08/25/philippines_hopes_to_set_tree_record/">Boston Globe</a>)</em><br /><h1><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/08/25/philippines_hopes_to_set_tree_record/"><em>Philippines hopes to set tree record</em></a></h1><span><img src="http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/AP_Photo/2006/08/25/1156539810_1768/410w.jpg" border="0" alt="Students line up along the vacant stretch of the railroad tracks in Manila prior to the nationwide simultaneous tree-planting of the 3,000 kilometer Pan Philippine Highway Friday Aug. 25, 2006 to help fight worsening pollution in the country. The Philippine Government through its Environment and Natural Resources Department has embarked on a project to reduce pollution in the country by planting a record of over 500,000 trees along the country&#39;s main highway from north to south." title="Students line up along the vacant stretch of the railroad tracks in Manila prior to the nationwide simultaneous tree-planting of the 3,000 kilometer Pan Philippine Highway Friday Aug. 25, 2006 to help fight worsening pollution in the country. The Philippine Government through its Environment and Natural Resources Department has embarked on a project to reduce pollution in the country by planting a record of over 500,000 trees along the country&#39;s main highway from north to south." width="410" height="269" /></span> <br /><em>Students line up along the vacant stretch of the railroad tracks in Manila prior to the nationwide simultaneous tree-planting of the 3,000 kilometer Pan Philippine Highway Friday Aug. 25, 2006 to help fight worsening pollution in the country. The Philippine Government through its Environment and Natural Resources Department has embarked on a project to reduce pollution in the country by planting a record of over 500,000 trees along the country&#39;s main highway from north to south. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)</em><br /><br /><strong><span class="date"><br /></span></strong><strong style="font-family: courier new,monospace; font-weight: bold"><span class="date">August 25, 2006</span></strong> <p style="font-family: courier new,monospace; font-weight: bold"><span>MANILA, Philippines&nbsp;--</span>President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo took part Friday in a massive tree-planting campaign aimed at improving air quality in the Philippines while breaking a world record.</p> <span style="font-family: courier new,monospace; font-weight: bold">The &quot;Green Philippine Highways&quot; project initially aimed to simultaneously plant 500,000 trees on 2,137 miles of roads across the sprawling archipelago, but Environment Undersecretary Francisco Bravo said the figure may have been higher.</span><br /><br /><h1><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/08/25/philippines_hopes_to_set_tree_record/"><em><em>Read more&hellip;</em></em></a></h1>or <a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;q=philippines+trees+record">google the story</a> on Google News. <br /> </p>