Proponents of Trees for Life project aims to plant 20 million trees by November of this year. This was revealed during its launching program yesterday. A joint project with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Green Army Foundation Inc., their goal is to recover and preserve some of our country's forest which has significantly lessened through the years.

The initiation of the Trees for Life project aims to convey to the Filipino people of the importance and immediate need to protect and to rebuild our natural habitats which has been severely destructed.

The project is already gaining on its efforts thanks largely to people-oriented forestry projects and adoption of community-based forest management. In spite of this, Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes reveals that they still have a long way towards their goal. Hand in hand with Green Army Foundation, a multisectoral coalition of environmental, civil society, religious, youth and business groups, and academics, they are aiming to raise 20 million saplings of indigenous trees to be planted in denuded forests, watersheds, public parks and along national highways.

A continuation of Green Philippine Highways's project, Green Army Foundation together with Mirant Foundation planted 800,000 trees along 4,181 kilometers of roads last year. With the simultaneous planting of 800,000 trees, the project set a new Guinness World Record of the "Most Trees Planted Simultaneously".