The Environmental Quality Protection Foundation announced yesterday that it has joined the UN Environment Program's (UNEP)"Plant for the Planet: The Billion Tree Campaign" by pledging to plant 15,000 trees in Taiwan.
The campaign was launched by the UN this year to ease the effects of global warming by planting trees to absorb greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
The trees will all be planted in the National Taiwan University's Experimental Forest in Nantou County.
The foundation's chairman, Liou Ming-long (
The foundation will be in charge of launching the campaign in Taiwan and the Global Change Center will be responsible for supervising the execution of the project during its first six years. The Experimental Forest will ensure the continued existence of the trees for at least the next 40 years.
The foundation estimates that, on average, each tree will help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by 465kg.
"The foundation hopes that more corporations and individuals will adopt more trees themselves," Liou said. "A third party will be entrusted with the task of planting and maintaining the trees."
The foundation will report the progress of the nation's tree-planting on the UNEP's Web site.
So far, Kimberly-Clarke, Taiwan, has pledged to plant 1,000 trees. The foundation has also pledged to plant 100 trees.
Wang Ya-nan (
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