INDONESIA: Plan to plant 79 million trees

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Updated November 28, 2007 20:41:09

Indonesians are rolling up their sleeves to plant 79 million trees across the archipelago. The huge tree-planting campaign aims to build awareness of deforestation, ahead of next month's major climate conference in Bali.

Presenter: Joanna McCarthy
Speakers: Joe Leitmann, environment coordinator at the World Bank Indonesia; Alvin Lee, Member of Parliament for the National Mandate Party

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