{"id":2056,"date":"2026-08-03T09:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/?p=2056"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:06:18","slug":"an-investment-in-tomorrows-hope-deputy-prime-minister-temesgen-tiruneh-rallies-ethiopia-for-800m-tree-planting-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/an-investment-in-tomorrows-hope-deputy-prime-minister-temesgen-tiruneh-rallies-ethiopia-for-800m-tree-planting-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAn investment in tomorrow\u2019s hope\u201d: Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh rallies Ethiopia for 800m tree-planting drive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Andinet Enyew<\/p>\n

Speaking as millions join a single-day national campaign, Temesgen Tiruneh calls the reforestation effort a crucial step for food security, ecosystem restoration, and regional climate resilience.<\/i><\/p>\n

Addis Ababa, (AMECO)<\/b>\u00a0\u2014 Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh has called Ethiopia\u2019s nationwide drive to plant 800 million tree seedlings in a single day \u201can investment in tomorrow\u2019s hope\u201d, as millions of citizens gathered across the country to support the national climate campaign.<\/p>\n

Speaking as communities mobilised across rural valleys, mountain ridges, and urban centers, the deputy prime minster urged Ethiopians to unite in environmental stewardship under the national Green Legacy Initiative. He highlighted the campaign’s role in advancing food security, restoring degraded ecosystems, and boosting sustainable forest development, adding that its environmental benefits increasingly extend across the wider Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n

“Citizens have once again gathered across mountains, plains, valleys, cities, and rural communities to write a remarkable chapter in the nation’s history through environmental stewardship,” Temesgen Tiruneh said, describing the initiative as a collective commitment to future generations.<\/p>\n

Focus on Post-Planting Care<\/b><\/h3>\n

Joining planting activities in Addis Ababa\u2019s Kolfe Keranio sub-city,\u00a0 Prosperity Party Vice-President Adem Farah commended the public’s widespread participation while stressing that long-term care remains vital to the campaign’s success.<\/p>\n

Adem Farah urged citizens and local institutions to strengthen site management and sapling protection, noting that improving survival rates is essential to fully achieving the initiative’s ecological and economic goals.<\/p>\n

In Bole sub-city, State Minister of Agriculture\u00a0 Addisu Arega led ministry officials and employees in planting seedlings around the capital\u2019s ICT Park, reinforcing efforts to integrate green canopy cover into urban and industrial zones.<\/p>\n

National Climate Targets<\/b><\/h3>\n

Launched in 2019 under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the Green Legacy Initiative is running this year under the theme “Let\u2019s Plant Hope”<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Having planted more than 48 billion seedlings in previous phases, Ethiopia aims to plant a total of 8 billion seedlings during the 2026 rainy season, anchored by the single-day 800-million target.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andinet Enyew Speaking as millions join a single-day national campaign, Temesgen Tiruneh calls the reforestation effort a crucial step for food security, ecosystem restoration, and regional climate resilience. Addis Ababa, (AMECO)\u00a0\u2014 Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh has called Ethiopia\u2019s nationwide drive to plant 800 million tree seedlings in a single day \u201can investment in tomorrow\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,7],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[932,439,1459,404,400,530,533,76,84,1246,91,85,406],"class_list":["post-2056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-uncategorized","category-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2059,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056\/revisions\/2059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2056"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}