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Article #1: China Orders Citizens to Plant Trees, Or Else

PEKING—The Chinese government Thursday ordered a gigantic tree-planting program in a major effort to stave off ecological disaster.

Every Chinese citizen is being told he must plant three to five trees annually, or face unspecified punishment. Planters must also tend the saplings to ensure the trees survival.

China's insatiable appetite for wood products contributes to the decline of its forests. But so have misguided farm policies.

Knight Ridder News Service