The Guinness World Records has recognized the 2,294,629 trees achieved by 122,168 volunteers in an event organized by TreeVolution: Greening MindaNOW (Philippines) at 29 locations across the Philippines on 26 Sep 2014. The simultaneous tree-planting activity, aimed at reforesting the denuded parts of the remaining forests in Mindanao, broke the world record held by India. The project was initiated by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA).