SHIKANDA KAWANGA
THE Lusaka City Council (LCC) has started planting palm trees in the city to help address environmental challenges the country is grappling with because of deforestation.
Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa said the palm tree planting project will add beauty to the city by making it clean and green. (more…)
KELLY NJOMBO, Lusaka
ZAMBIA is among eight African countries where the African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a pilot programme to cultivate savannah trees for income generation and to boost the agriculture sector.
MWILA NTAMBI, Shiwang’andu
THE Zambia Forestry and Forests Industries Corporation (ZAFFICO) plans to plant trees covering 1,110 hectares at its Shiwang’andu plantation in Muchinga Province to grow its business and create job opportunities for the local people.
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka
OVER 24,000 farmers are expected to benefit from the farm forest programme aimed at encouraging tree plantings in fields to provide additional income and nutrition to the soils.
MARGARET CHISANGA, Lusaka
WHILE a group of children play excitedly around tables in the Regus room of Elunda House in Lusaka, one of the special guests at the children’s educational dinner sits in an adjacent room, with her mother patting her arm to calm her nerves.
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ILLEGAL activities in our forests are a source of concern and rightly so because of their adverse effects on our environment and ultimately the economy.
A number of these activities involve the cutting down of trees, leaving our forests depleted of the needed flora to create a balance in our environment. (more…)
NANCY SAME & HENRY SINYANGWE, Lusaka
PRESIDENT Lungu is alarmed at the rate trees are being cut down and has directed Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Jean Kapata to ensure prosecution of all perpetrators of illegal harvesting of forestry resources.
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KELLY NJOMBO, Nkeyema
FOR many years, forests have seemingly remained unrecognised assets in addressing global challenges, attaining prosperity and safeguarding climate stability. (more…)