18 November 2008 | A total of 6 million trees will be planted over 30 square kilometres in 100 different places throughout Macedonia tomorrow, as part of the “Day of the Tree – Plant Your Future” autumn initiative.

That’s three times more trees than on March 12 of this year, when between 150,000 and 200,000 Macedonians planted 2 million trees. It is expected that Macedonian citizens, schools, soldiers and NGOs will be involved in tomorrow’s forestation activities.

The tree-planting action was initiated by the Macedonian opera singer Boris Trayanov, who believes in its success and plans to spread it to other Balkan countries.

“With the slogan “Plant Your Future” we want to inspire all of the Balkans. On March 12, 2009, the countries of the entire Balkans will plant [trees],” he was quoted as saying by the BBC Macedonian news website.

The initiative has obvious environmentral benefits, such as providing a counter action against global warming and contributing to the rehabilitation of the forests damaged by fires in 2007. But, as BalkanTravellers.com wrote in October, the communal activity also seemed to have a positive effect on Macedonian society, by bringing out different fractions and giving them a common cause.

Although the fall initiative was planned for October 26, as BalkanTravellers.com wrote in the same article, it was postponed until November 19 due to the weather conditions.

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