FRIN wants govt to regulate forest activities
A call has gone to the Federal Government on the need to preserve the nation’s forest by regulating activities of people who make money through the destruction of the forest, thereby contributing to the disadvantages associated with climate change.
A director at the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Mrs. Rachael Bayewu, told our correspondent during an interview that one of the major concerns of the Ministry of the Environment was the activities of timber traders, who had not embrace the habit of planting trees to replace the one they felled. She said their unethical habit had led to unfriendly weather and destruction of the echo system.
She said, “When you fell a tree, replace it with two trees. That is the slogan of the ministry. There are lots of timber traders who cut trees without replacing them. There are ways that government can regulate their activities and this is by enforcing the policy of tree planting in our forests.
“The government can also help by encouraging the farmers to increase tree planting. It can offer incentive to encourage tree planting. We should manage and sustain our natural endowment,” Bayewu added.
Another director in the institute, who is also the founder, National Association of Women in Forestry, Mrs. Aderonke Somade-Adio, said tree planting remained the only solution to climate change.
“The only solution to climate change and the harsh weather is to start plating trees today. We urge people to embrace this campaign and we also call on our government to take this campaign seriously and help with a sustainable policy on tree planting and felling,” she said.
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FRIN wants govt to regulate forest activities
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