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The island of Hispaniola was first colonized by humans 6,000 years ago and the population size was likely more than one million when the European colonists first arrived in 1492. [6] Those original inhabitants used trees and caused extinctions of birds and mammals. [11] [12] Nonetheless, the greatest deforestation occurred after 1492. [8]
In September 2019, the Plant-for-the-Planet app was released under an open-source license. It allowed users to register planted trees or to plant trees by donating to different tree-planting organizations around the world. [24] The foundation does not take any commissions for donations made through the campaign. [25]
In October 2012, more than 8 million people watched Felix Baumgartner's jump from the edge of space as a live stream on YouTube. [64] In May 2013, creation of live streams was opened to verified users with at least 1,000 subscribers; in August of the same year the number was reduced to 100 subscribers, [65] and in December the limit was removed ...
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The campaign by the name 'Tree Day-Plant Your Future' was first organized on 12 March 2008, when an official non-working day was declared and more than 150,000 Macedonians planted 2 million trees in one day (symbolically, one for each citizen). Six million more were planted in November the same year, and another 12,5 million trees in 2009.
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On October 25, 2019, Donaldson uploaded a YouTube video explaining his plan, [8] [9] which claimed the top spot on YouTube's trending page, and caused numerous YouTubers to join the movement. [3] [10] The trees will be planted "in a variety of forests on public and private lands in areas of great need" starting in January 2020. The goal is to ...
An elephant grazes on Christmas tree during the feeding of animals with unused Christmas trees at the Zoo, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) ASSOCIATED PRESS