Japanese emperor at tree-planting ceremony

Japanese emperor at tree-planting ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito plants a sapling at a tree-planting ceremony in the western Japan city of Okayama on May 26, 2024.

Japanese empress at tree-planting ceremony

Japanese empress at tree-planting ceremony

Japanese Empress Masako is pictured after planting a sapling at a tree-planting ceremony in the western Japan city of Okayama on May 26, 2024.

(ChineseToday)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL REVITALIZATION-NPC DEPUTY (CN)

(ChineseToday)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL REVITALIZATION-NPC DEPUTY (CN)

(240222) -- HANGZHOU, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liu Jianming (L) talks with a farmer at a sapling cultivation base in Tangdi Village of Keqiao District in Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 19, 2024. Liu Jianming, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), is the Party chief of Tangdi, a hilly village in east China's Zhejiang Province. He led locals to ride the wave of agritourism and made Tangdi a popular tourist destination for market-oriented gardening. In the past year, Liu, along with the villagers, continued to promote integration of agriculture, culture and tourism, having completed a batch of construction projects including cultural landscapes, country roads, and the main body of a tourist service center. In June 2003, Zhejiang launched the Green Rural Revival Program. With the concept of green and sustainable development at its core, the program has greatly improved local living conditions. It has also strengthened rural governance and explored a development path that

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers plant paddy sapling at a field in Munshigonj District, Bangladesh, on January 18, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers plant paddy sapling at a field in Munshigonj District, Bangladesh, on January 18, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers plant paddy sapling at a field in Munshigonj District, Bangladesh, on January 18, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers plant paddy sapling at a field in Munshigonj District, Bangladesh, on January 18, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers plant paddy sapling at a field in Munshigonj District, Bangladesh, on January 18, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers plant paddy sapling at a field in Munshigonj District, Bangladesh, on January 18, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers plant paddy sapling at a field in Munshigonj District, Bangladesh, on January 18, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers plant paddy sapling at a field in Munshigonj District, Bangladesh, on January 18, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers plant paddy sapling at a field in Munshigonj District, Bangladesh, on January 18, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers plant paddy sapling at a field in Munshigonj District, Bangladesh, on January 18, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers plant paddy sapling at a field in Munshigonj District, Bangladesh, on January 18, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers plant paddy sapling at a field in Munshigonj District, Bangladesh, on January 18, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers Plant Paddy Sapling - Bangladesh

Farmers plant paddy sapling at a field in Munshigonj District, Bangladesh, on January 18, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

CHINA-TIBET-NYINGCHI-TALL TREES (CN)

CHINA-TIBET-NYINGCHI-TALL TREES (CN)

(230618) -- NYINGCHI, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Zi takes pictures of a Cupressus torulosa sapling at the national nature reserve of the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon in Bome County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 15, 2023. The record of the tallest tree in the Chinese mainland has been refreshed several times in the past year or so. Last year in April, a research team led by Peking University found a 76.8-meter tree in Medog County in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, marking China's tallest tree at the time. The record was broken a month later when an 83.2-meter tree was found in Zayu County. This year in May, the record has been refreshed again, as the giant cypress measuring 102.3 meters was discovered in Bome County in Tibet Autonomous Region. This new discovery even refreshed the Asian record for the tallest tree. All these tall trees share a common feature. They were all discovered within Nyingchi City, specifically in Medog County, Zayu County, and Bome C

CHINA-TIBET-NYINGCHI-TALL TREES (CN)

CHINA-TIBET-NYINGCHI-TALL TREES (CN)

(230618) -- NYINGCHI, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Zi takes pictures of a Cupressus torulosa sapling at the national nature reserve of the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon in Bome County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 15, 2023. The record of the tallest tree in the Chinese mainland has been refreshed several times in the past year or so. Last year in April, a research team led by Peking University found a 76.8-meter tree in Medog County in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, marking China's tallest tree at the time. The record was broken a month later when an 83.2-meter tree was found in Zayu County. This year in May, the record has been refreshed again, as the giant cypress measuring 102.3 meters was discovered in Bome County in Tibet Autonomous Region. This new discovery even refreshed the Asian record for the tallest tree. All these tall trees share a common feature. They were all discovered within Nyingchi City, specifically in Medog County, Zayu County, and Bome C

NIGERIA-KANO-CHINA-BACKED DESERTIFICATION CONTROL PROJECT

NIGERIA-KANO-CHINA-BACKED DESERTIFICATION CONTROL PROJECT

(230614) -- KANO, June 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Two maintenance workers plant a sapling at the site of a desertification control project in the Kunchi local government area in Kano state, Nigeria, on June 5, 2023. The desertification control project was launched by the African Desertification Control Initiative (ADCI) in Nigeria, with support from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. TO GO WITH "Feature: China-backed project helps Nigeria build 'green wall' against desertification" (Xinhua/Guo Jun)

U.S. envoy Kennedy plants dogwood at Ise Jingu shrine

U.S. envoy Kennedy plants dogwood at Ise Jingu shrine

ISE, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (5th from L) plants a dogwood sapling at the Ise Jingu Shinto shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on April 6, 2014.

Red Cross holds A-bomb ceremony, calls for disarmament

Red Cross holds A-bomb ceremony, calls for disarmament

GENEVA, Switzerland - A sapling of a tree that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima is planted at a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland, on Aug. 6, 2013, to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the nuclear attack.

Cherry saplings presented to Mexico

Cherry saplings presented to Mexico

MEXIO CITY, Mexico - A cherry sapling is planted in the Mexican presidential office garden in Mexico City on Nov. 3, with Margarita Zavala (L), wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, attending. A total of 1,000 saplings have been presented to the country by the nonprofit organization Japan SAKURA Exchange Association.

Emperor, empress attend national tree-planting festival

Emperor, empress attend national tree-planting festival

FUKUI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) plants a sapling at a tree-planting festival in Fukuki, Fukui Prefecture, on June 7, while Empress Michiko (R), who is also attending the gathering, is projected on a screen.

(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-YARLUNG ZANGBO RIVER-MIDDLE REACHES-AFFORESTATION (CN)

(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-YARLUNG ZANGBO RIVER-MIDDLE REACHES-AFFORESTATION (CN)

(220606) -- LHASA, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Penjig checks the growth of a sapling at the afforestation area by the Yarlung Zangbo River in Zhanang County, Shannan City of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 26, 2022. The middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, once stretches of barren land with sandstorms raging in spring and winter, now see a sea of green trees all over the place. With unwavering endeavors of sand control and ecology restoration, more than 45 million trees have been planted over the past four decades in Shannan, an area the Yarlung Zangbo River runs through. In 1967, Li Chunlu, an agricultural school graduate from northwest China's Gansu Province, was assigned to work in Shannan. On his way to work, the 24-year-old was inundated by the yellow dust in the air. Li thought, at the time, how good it would be if trees could be planted here. An ambition of planting trees was bred in Li Chunlu as a boy named Penjig from a village by the Yarlung Zangbo River planted a few w

KASHMIR-JAMMU-PADDY SAPLING-FARMING

KASHMIR-JAMMU-PADDY SAPLING-FARMING

(220601) -- JAMMU, June 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Farmers plant saplings in a paddy field on the outskirts of Jammu, the winter capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, June 1, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)

KASHMIR-JAMMU-PADDY SAPLING-FARMING

KASHMIR-JAMMU-PADDY SAPLING-FARMING

(220601) -- JAMMU, June 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer pulls out paddy saplings before replanting them to another field on the outskirts of Jammu, the winter capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, June 1, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)

KASHMIR-JAMMU-PADDY SAPLING-FARMING

KASHMIR-JAMMU-PADDY SAPLING-FARMING

(220601) -- JAMMU, June 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A boy carries saplings in a paddy field on the outskirts of Jammu, the winter capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, June 1, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)

MALAYSIA-JOHOR-MANGROVE

MALAYSIA-JOHOR-MANGROVE

(220423) -- JOHOR BAHRU, April 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A child learns to plant the mangrove sapling at the mangrove nursery area in Tanjung Piai Johor National Park in Johor state, Malaysia, April 19, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Mangrove conservation, a mission to save Earth" (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua)

MALAYSIA-JOHOR-MANGROVE

MALAYSIA-JOHOR-MANGROVE

(220423) -- JOHOR BAHRU, April 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Brian Yap, a lecturer at Tun Hussein Onn University (UTHM), introduces the mangrove sapling in Pulau Merambong in Johor state, Malaysia, April 20, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Mangrove conservation, a mission to save Earth" (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua)

Tokyo governor plants sapling from famous cherry tree in N.Y.

Tokyo governor plants sapling from famous cherry tree in N.Y.

Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (2nd from R) plants a sapling grown from one of Japan's most famous cherry trees at a ceremony in a New York park on April 13, 2016. The thousand-year-old "Miharu Takizakura" in the March 2011 disaster-hit prefecture of Fukushima is registered as a national treasure in Japan and draws crowds of tourists each spring. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Hiroshima

U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Hiroshima

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui plant a dogwood sapling in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on April 17, 2015. Two dogwood saplings were planted in the city the same day out of 3,000 to be donated from the United States to Japan as a symbol of friendship between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Emperor, empress attend tree-planting event in Ishikawa Pref.

Emperor, empress attend tree-planting event in Ishikawa Pref.

Emperor Akihito (L) plants a sapling at an annual tree-planting festival in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Emperor, empress attend national tree-planting festival

Emperor, empress attend national tree-planting festival

FUKUI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) plants a sapling at a tree-planting festival in Fukuki, Fukui Prefecture, on June 7, while Empress Michiko (R), who is also attending the gathering, is projected on a screen. (Kyodo)

Cherry saplings presented to Mexico

Cherry saplings presented to Mexico

MEXIO CITY, Mexico - A cherry sapling is planted in the Mexican presidential office garden in Mexico City on Nov. 3, with Margarita Zavala (L), wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, attending. A total of 1,000 saplings have been presented to the country by the nonprofit organization Japan SAKURA Exchange Association. (Kyodo)

U.N. chief plants sapling descended from A-bombed ginkgo tree

U.N. chief plants sapling descended from A-bombed ginkgo tree

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon plants a sapling descended from a ginkgo tree that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima during his visit to Geneva on Oct. 3, 2016, saying the international community needs to prioritize nuclear disarmament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Emperor Akihito indicates readiness to abdicate

Emperor Akihito indicates readiness to abdicate

File photo taken in June 2016 shows Japanese Emperor Akihito planting a sapling at the 67th national forest festival in the city of Nagano. The emperor indicated his readiness to abdicate in a rare video message to the public on Aug. 8, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo