Additionally, the small Spanish village of Villanueva de la Sierra held the first modern Arbor Day, an initiative launched in 1805 by the local priest with the enthusiastic support of the entire population. === First American Arbor Day === The first American Arbor Day was originated by J.
In Villanueva de la Sierra (Extremadura), where the first Arbor Day in the world was held in 1805, it is celebrated, as on that occasion, on Tuesday Carnaval.
On April 10, 1872, an estimated one million trees were planted in Nebraska. Birdsey Northrop of Connecticut was responsible for globalizing the idea when he visited Japan in 1883 and delivered his Arbor Day and Village Improvement message.
Around a million trees are planted each year by schools, community organizations and local authorities. On 6 February 2020, Myerscough College in Lancashire, England, supported by the Arbor Day Foundation, celebrated the UK's first Arbor Day. === United States === Arbor Day was founded in 1872 by J.
On April 10, 1872, an estimated one million trees were planted in Nebraska. Birdsey Northrop of Connecticut was responsible for globalizing the idea when he visited Japan in 1883 and delivered his Arbor Day and Village Improvement message.
Pinchot wrote McCreight, "we shall all be indebted to you for having made the suggestion." == Around the world == === Australia === Arbor Day has been observed in Australia since 20 June 1889.
Some municipalities however plant the trees around 21 September because of the planting season. In 2007, the 50th anniversary was celebrated with special golden jubilee activities. === New Zealand === New Zealand’s first Arbor Day planting was on 3 July 1890 at Greytown, in the Wairarapa.
During Arbor Month 2019, responding to recent studies that underscore the importance of tree restoration, they launched their new goal of planting 500,000 by 2025. === Spain === In 1896 Mariano Belmás Estrada promoted the first "Festival of Trees" in Madrid. In Spain there was an International Forest Day on 21 March, but a decree in 1915 also brought in an Arbor Day throughout Spain.
He also brought his enthusiasm for Arbor Day to Australia, Canada, and Europe. === McCreight and Theodore Roosevelt === Beginning in 1906, Pennsylvania conservationist Major Israel McCreight of DuBois, Pennsylvania, argued that President Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation speeches were limited to businessmen in the lumber industry and recommended a campaign of youth education and a national policy on conservation education.
This predates the claimed founding of the day by Don Clark of Schomberg, Ontario for his wife Margret Clark in 1906.
On April 15, 1907, Roosevelt issued an "Arbor Day Proclamation to the School Children of the United States" about the importance of trees and that forestry deserves to be taught in U.S.
On this day, each grade 1 student in Calgary's schools receives a tree seedling to be taken home to be planted on private property. === Central African Republic === National Tree Planting Day is on July 22. === China === Arbor Day () in China was founded by the forester Ling Daoyang in 1915.
During Arbor Month 2019, responding to recent studies that underscore the importance of tree restoration, they launched their new goal of planting 500,000 by 2025. === Spain === In 1896 Mariano Belmás Estrada promoted the first "Festival of Trees" in Madrid. In Spain there was an International Forest Day on 21 March, but a decree in 1915 also brought in an Arbor Day throughout Spain.
The Beiyang government's Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce first commemorated Arbor Day in 1915 at the suggestion of forester Ling Daoyang.
From 1916 to 1928, Arbor Day was celebrated on the Chinese Qingming Festival, which is on the first day of the fifth solar term of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar.
It is a great day in the local festive calendar. As an example of commitment to nature, the small town of Pescueza, with only 180 inhabitants, organizes every spring a large plantation of holm oaks, which is called the "Festivalino", promoted by city council, several foundations, and citizen participation. === Sri Lanka === National Tree Planting Day is on November 15. === Taiwan === Arbor Day (植樹節) has been a traditional holiday in the Republic of China since 1916.
In 1916, the government announced that all provinces of the Republic of China would celebrate the on the same day as the Qingming Festival, April 5, despite the differences in climate across China.
As early as the 1920s he held a vision for school students of New Zealand to be involved in planting native trees and plants in their school grounds.
By the 1920s, each state in the United States had passed public laws that stipulated a certain day to be Arbor Day or Arbor and Bird Day observance. National Arbor Day is celebrated every year on the last Friday in April; it is a civic holiday in Nebraska.
From 1916 to 1928, Arbor Day was celebrated on the Chinese Qingming Festival, which is on the first day of the fifth solar term of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar.
In 1929, the date for Arbor Day was to commemorate Sun Yat-sen.
From 1929, by decree of the Nationalist government, Arbor Day was , to commemorate the death of Sun Yat-sen, who had been a major advocate of afforestation in his life.
Now it is held in April–May (it depends on the weather in different regions). ===Samoa=== Arbor Day in Samoa is celebrated on the first Friday in November. === South Africa === Arbor Day was celebrated from 1945 until 2000 in South Africa.
Munshi, the then Union Minister for Agriculture and Food, to create an enthusiasm in the mind of the populace for the conservation of forests and planting of trees. The name Van Mahotsava (the festival of trees) originated in July 1947 after a successful tree-planting drive was undertaken in Delhi, in which national leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr Rajendra Prasad and Abul Kalam Azad participated.
This has been established as a tradition and takes place every year. === Pakistan === National tree plantation day of Pakistan (قومی شجر کاری دن) is celebrated on 18 August. === Philippines === Since 1947, Arbor Day in the Philippines has been institutionalized to be observed throughout the nation by planting trees and ornamental plants and other forms of relevant activities.
Following the retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan in 1949, the celebration of Arbor Day on March 12 was retained. === Tanzania === National Tree Planting Day is on April 1. === Uganda === National Tree Planting Day is on March 24. === United Kingdom === First mounted in 1975, National Tree Week is a celebration of the start of the winter tree planting season, usually at the end of November.
It was initiated in 1950 by K.
Its first celebration was in 1952. === India === Van Mahotsav is an annual pan-Indian tree planting festival, occupying a week in the month of July.
In 1955, the commemoration was extended from a day to a week and moved to the last full week of July.
In 1957, the National Committee Day of Planting Trees/Foundation of National Festival of Trees (Nationale Boomplantdag/Nationale Boomfeestdag) was created. On the third Wednesday in March each year (near the spring equinox), three quarters of Dutch schoolchildren aged 10/11 and Dutch celebrities plant trees.
These projects are part of a vision to protect and restore the indigenous biodiversity. === Niger === Since 1975, Niger has celebrated Arbor Day as part of its Independence Day: 3 August.
Following the retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan in 1949, the celebration of Arbor Day on March 12 was retained. === Tanzania === National Tree Planting Day is on April 1. === Uganda === National Tree Planting Day is on March 24. === United Kingdom === First mounted in 1975, National Tree Week is a celebration of the start of the winter tree planting season, usually at the end of November.
This vision bore fruit and schools in New Zealand have long planted native trees on Arbor Day. Since 1977, New Zealand has celebrated Arbor Day on June 5, which is also World Environment Day.
In 1979, the fourth session of the Fifth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China adopted the Resolution on the Unfolding of a Nationwide Voluntary Tree-planting Campaign.
Many states have Arbor Day, although Victoria has an Arbor Week, which was suggested by Premier Rupert (Dick) Hamer in the 1980s. === Belgium === International Day of Treeplanting is celebrated in Flanders on or around 21 March as a theme-day/educational-day/observance, not as a public holiday.
Now it is held in April–May (it depends on the weather in different regions). ===Samoa=== Arbor Day in Samoa is celebrated on the first Friday in November. === South Africa === Arbor Day was celebrated from 1945 until 2000 in South Africa.
Since 2012, many local arbor day celebrations have been commemorated, as in the cases of Natividad and Tayug in Pangasinan and Santa Rita in Pampanga. === Poland === In Poland, Arbor Day has been celebrated since 2002.
In 2003, the commemorations were reduced from a week to a day and was moved to June 25 per Proclamation No.
The first National Tree Planting Day was celebrated May 8, 2010. === Namibia === Namibia's first Arbor Day was celebrated on October 8, 2004.
This day is considered to combine traditional Asian cultural values with the country's dominant Communist ideology. In South Korea, April 5, Singmogil or Sikmogil (식목일), the Arbor Day, was a public holiday until 2005.
Some municipalities however plant the trees around 21 September because of the planting season. In 2007, the 50th anniversary was celebrated with special golden jubilee activities. === New Zealand === New Zealand’s first Arbor Day planting was on 3 July 1890 at Greytown, in the Wairarapa.
=== North Macedonia === Having in mind the bad condition of the forest fund, and in particular the catastrophic wildfires which occurred in the summer of 2007, a citizens' initiative for afforestation was started in North Macedonia.
The campaign by the name 'Tree Day-Plant Your Future' was first organized on 12 March 2008, when an official non-working day was declared and more than 150,000 Macedonians planted 2 million trees in one day (symbolically, one for each citizen).
Six million more were planted in November the same year, and another 12,5 million trees in 2009.
The first National Tree Planting Day was celebrated May 8, 2010. === Namibia === Namibia's first Arbor Day was celebrated on October 8, 2004.
It is not a national holiday but instead schools nationwide celebrate this day with environment-related activities, namely tree planting. ===Russia=== All-Russian day of forest plantation was celebrated for the first time on 14 May 2011.
The first official celebration was scheduled to take place in Wellington in August 2012, with the planting of pohutukawa and Norfolk pines along Thorndon Esplanade. Prominent New Zealand botanist Dr Leonard Cockayne worked extensively on native plants throughout New Zealand and wrote many notable botanical texts.
It was subsequently revised by Proclamation 643 in the succeeding year. In 2012, Republic Act 10176 was passed, which revived tree planting events "as [a] yearly event for local government units" and mandated the planting of at least one tree per year for able-bodied Filipino citizens aged 12 years old and above.
Since 2012, many local arbor day celebrations have been commemorated, as in the cases of Natividad and Tayug in Pangasinan and Santa Rita in Pampanga. === Poland === In Poland, Arbor Day has been celebrated since 2002.
During Arbor Month 2019, responding to recent studies that underscore the importance of tree restoration, they launched their new goal of planting 500,000 by 2025. === Spain === In 1896 Mariano Belmás Estrada promoted the first "Festival of Trees" in Madrid. In Spain there was an International Forest Day on 21 March, but a decree in 1915 also brought in an Arbor Day throughout Spain.
Around a million trees are planted each year by schools, community organizations and local authorities. On 6 February 2020, Myerscough College in Lancashire, England, supported by the Arbor Day Foundation, celebrated the UK's first Arbor Day. === United States === Arbor Day was founded in 1872 by J.
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