Let us all plant trees simultaneously within this one hour."Tuban, E Java (ANTARA News) - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) planted a teak tree to mark the beginning of an endeavor to set a world record of planting 230,000 trees within one hour in Tasikharjo Village, Jenu Sub-district, Tuban District, here on Monday.
"Let us all plant trees simultaneously within this one hour," the head of state said while pushing a button to mark the beginning of the world records process.
The president was accompanied by First Lady Iriana Jokowi on this occasion.
The simultaneous tree planting movement is aimed at making it to the Guinness Book of Records.
Some 5,500 local villagers and members of the Anugrah Bumi Hijau Producer Cooperatives (Koprabuh) planted 238,000 trees within one hour.
Adjudicator Swapnil Mahesh Dangarikar of the Guinness Book of Records presented a certificate of most planted trees in one hour.
(Reported Joko Susilo/Uu.F001/INE/KR-BSR/A014)
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