Residents of Freetown unite to plant 1 million trees and build resilience

Residents of Freetown unite to plant 1 million trees and build resilience

28 October 2020 | By TED COUNTDOWN

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Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, is on a mission to plant a million trees over the next two years, increasing vegetation in her city by fifty percent while shoring up eroding riverbanks and increasing biodiversity. “This isn’t just about planting trees; it’s about growing trees, and it’s about ensuring that each one of us is part of the process,” she says. “A million trees is our city’s small contribution to increasing the much-needed global carbon sink.”

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

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