Climate Change: Kaduna LGA Mobilise Religious, Traditional Leaders To Mitigate Its Effects - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 19, 2019
The Chairman, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State,Abubakar Buba says the Council is mobilising religious and traditional leadersto prevail on people in the area against indiscriminate felling of trees.
Buba, who made this known in Kaduna, said the effort is to mitigatede-forestation and other effects of climate change. He said the practice ofcutting 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 hourscooking with firewood.
The Chairman also said that the Council had recentlylaunched a tree-planting campaign to replace trees that were cut down foragricultural or domestic uses. He added that seedlings have been distributed tosecondary school students and teachers to plant and nurture them to maturity.
Buba, who was part of Kaduna State contingent at the 25th UNClimate Change Conference, COP25 in Madrid Spain, said that communitymobilisation was key to winning the war against climate change.