Addis Ababa: The Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), Ambassador Redwan Hussien has joined the nationwide overnight tree planting campaign today. Millions of Ethiopians from all over the nation turned out in the early morning today to break their own planting record by planting 600 million seedlings in a single day. This ambitious from dawn to dusk tree planting campaign is part of the Green Legacy Initiative being implemented in Ethiopia since 2019. The Director General of NISS, Ambassador Redwan Hussain has joined the campaign by planting seedlings this morning. On the occasion, Redwan emphasized that the Green Legacy Initiative has a significant impact on the nation which remarkably improve the landscape and helped mitigate the effects of climate change. He also encouraged citizens to continue participating in reforestation efforts to ensure a sustainable future for Ethiopia. Ethiopia has made remarkable strides in the last five years to increase the country's fo rest cover, with outstanding increases of 23.6 percent by 2023 compared to 17.2 percent in 2019. Reliable sources state that in five years, starting in 2019, the country has planted 32.5 billion tree seedlings. Some 7.5 billion additional seedlings are expected to be planted this rainy season to make the total number of seedlings planted 40 billion thus far. Source: Ethiopian News Agency