Arbor Day is a few months, the origin and meaning of the tree planting tree-folk tradition

China: March 12 each year for Arbor Day;
North Korea: March 2 every year for Arbor Day;
India: The first week of July each year to carry out the National Arbor Day activities;
Sri Lanka: September 17 for Arbor Day;
Thailand: National Day is designated as tree planting tree;
Philippines: The second Saturday is Arbor Day in September each year;
Jordan: January 15 is Arbor Day;
Palestine: January 6 is Arbor Day;
Egypt: Arbor Day from September to November each year;
Brazil: September 21 each year for Arbor Day;
Mexico: Arbor Day activities in the rainy season of June-September every year;
Colombia: October 12 per year for Arbor Day;
El Salvador: June 21 of each year;
France: Every year in March for the statutory green month, March 31 for tree Planting day;
United Kingdom: Every year from November 6 to 12th for the National Tree Planting Week;
Italy: January 21 each year for Arbor Day;
Sweden: Weekly Forest week activities held in March;
Finland: June 24 is tree planting

Arbor Day Origin: (Tree Arbor English: Arbor Day/tree Planting days) is a national legal form to promote forest benefits, and mobilize the masses to participate in voluntary afforestation activities. According to the length of time, tree planting day, tree planting week, tree planting month, collectively. Through this kind of activity, raise people's understanding to the forest, achieve the goal of loving forest ranger and enlarging forest resources and improving ecological environment.

origins

1872 U.S. Nebraska State decided since 1885, every year April 22 for the state Arbor Day, after the United States and other countries in accordance with their geographical location and climate conditions to determine their own Arbor day.

　　 came to China

The People's Republic of China decided in 1979 every year March 12 for Arbor Day. The 2009 Arbor Day theme: Let the forest into the city, let the city embrace the forest. China has a vast territory and a large climate, and the time for planting trees varies widely. As a result, many provinces and cities also stipulated their own tree planting day, tree planting week, tree planting month.

the significance of Arbor Day

The significance of Arbor Day is not that everyone should plant a tree on the days of planting trees, but by the time of Arbor, another coming, so that we all pay more attention to green, environmental issues. As we all know: the Earth is becoming sandy, the area of the desert is increasing every year--but we seem to think that these are far away from us, but in our side there is a group of people: they are in obscurity for this piece of the earth sowing green, some of them are called "heroes", some are called "Contemporary Fools", Some are even foreign friends ... They use their actual action to tell us that planting trees is a great event for all mankind, and is the benefit of generations.