LJUBLJANA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- In the forests near Apace, a small village in northeastern Slovenia, a group of volunteers, students, and forest rangers gathered on Friday morning with spades in hand, ready to plant a new generation of trees beneath the light of early spring.
This scene marked Slovenia's celebration of International Forest Day on March 21. Though more than 60 percent of the country is cloaked in forest - making it the third most forested nation in the European Union after Sweden and Finland - the need for reforestation has grown urgent.
