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Costa Rica to plant 7 million trees |
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The environment minister has pledged that the country will plant seven million trees this year, up two million from the amount planted last year under the "A que sembrás un árbol" program designed to make the country carbon neutral by 2021. The minister, Roberto Dobles, said that the program is designed to counter changes in the climate.
 A Casa Presidencial summary said that global warming would cause famine, drought, and a vulnerability to diseases. It predicted a temperature increase of 6.4 degrees C (about 12 degrees F), based on United Nation's research and the elimination of 20 to 30 percent of the species on the planet.
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