Thousands turn up for “Day of Forest Restoration" event

Thousands of people took part in the nationwide “Day of Forest Restoration" event on Saturday. They helped to clean up forests, restore fences or plant trees. The event, which took part in eight regions,  included an educational program for children. It was organized by the state enterprise Lesy České republiky, which manages almost half of the country's forests. The company’s spokesperson Eva Jouklová, told the ctk news agency that over 5,200 people turned up and planted 29,000 trees.