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Berlin, Jan 7 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Filip Singer) Berlin's Tierpark zoo feeds several of its animals Christmas trees, including bison, elephants and Siberian ibex.FOOTAGE OF THE ANIMALS.
Harare, Dec 8 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Aaron Ufumeli) Christmas trees, dolls or Santa Claus hats are some of the items that street vendors try to sell at the traffic lights and streets of Harare.FOOTAGE OF HARARE.
San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico), Dec. 15 (EFE / EPA) .- What were corn crops became Christmas tree plantations, in a sustainable project promoted by Tzotzil Indigenous from the Mexican state of Chiapas since 11 years ago.(CAMERA: Mitzi Fuentes)IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES FROM JOSÉ LÓPEZ CRUZ, NATIVE TZOTZIL AND JOSÉ MANUEL PAZCACIO VELAZQUEZ, DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND SOCIETY, CIVIL ASSOCIATIONTRANSLATIONJOSÉ LÓPEZ CRUZ: 1. "It was agricultural land, but since we started planting the trees and they grew then we stopped planting corn and now we only have the trees"2. "In this project, only my family, my children work. Right now I already stopped working myself on this because I don't have time, and my children take care of it to support their families"JOSE MANUEL PAZCACIO VELAZQUEZ: 1. "In recent years, forest management has been greatly encouraged and in certain areas of the state there has even been forest recovery, and there is currently a state strategy that seeks to recover those forests. At a national level, we have the goal of zero deforestation by 2030, that is the first goal, but in Chiapas we also want to recover forest areas"
San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico), Dec. 15 (EFE / EPA) .- What were corn crops became Christmas tree plantations, in a sustainable project promoted by Tzotzil Indigenous from the Mexican state of Chiapas since 11 years ago.(CAMERA: Mitzi Fuentes)IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES FROM JOSÉ LÓPEZ CRUZ, NATIVE TZOTZIL AND JOSÉ MANUEL PAZCACIO VELAZQUEZ, DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND SOCIETY, CIVIL ASSOCIATIONTRANSLATIONJOSÉ LÓPEZ CRUZ: 1. "It was agricultural land, but since we started planting the trees and they grew then we stopped planting corn and now we only have the trees"2. "In this project, only my family, my children work. Right now I already stopped working myself on this because I don't have time, and my children take care of it to support their families"JOSE MANUEL PAZCACIO VELAZQUEZ: 1. "In recent years, forest management has been greatly encouraged and in certain areas of the state there has even been forest recovery, and there is currently a state strategy that seeks to recover those forests. At a national level, we have the goal of zero deforestation by 2030, that is the first goal, but in Chiapas we also want to recover forest areas"
What happens to all the Christmas trees after they get discarded? Most countries simply take the trees to a dump, but Germany discovered an innovative solution. Authorities gather up some discarded trees and ship them off to the zoo, where elephants munch on the greenery with glee. Elephants at Berlin Zoo got a festive snack on Thursday after being offered some leftover Christmas trees.