Nigeria, June 10 -- Nigerian environmentalist Micheal Odenigbo has officially broken the Guinness World Record for the most trees planted by an individual in 24 hours.
The impressive achievement took place at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Agbani, where Odenigbo successfully planted over 25,000 trees.
The record breaking effort began shortly after 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 5, 2025 World Environment Day and ended at the same time on Friday, completing a full 24 hour cycle of continuous tree planting.
Speaking to CGTN Europe, Odenigbo expressed excitement about the milestone he said "Today, as you can see, we carried out a tree planting project that started on World Environment Day. We aimed to plant 27,000 trees, ...