The Chairman, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Abubakar Buba says the Council is mobilising religious and traditional leaders to prevail on people in the area against indiscriminate felling of trees.
Buba, who made this known in Kaduna, said the effort is to mitigate de-forestation and other effects of climate change. He said the practice of cutting down trees for energy was not only impacting negatively on the climate, but that the smoke emitted is risky to the health of women who spend hours cooking with firewood.
The Chairman also said that the Council had recently launched a tree-planting campaign to replace trees that were cut down for agricultural or domestic uses. He added that seedlings have been distributed to secondary school students and teachers to plant and nurture them to maturity.
Buba, who was part of Kaduna State contingent at the 25th UN Climate Change Conference, COP25 in Madrid Spain, said that community mobilisation was key to winning the war against climate change.