Environment

Climate change: Nigeria plants over 6.2m trees in 3 years

The Federal Government has planted 6,248,240 trees between 2019 and the second quarter of 2021.

Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, said this at the 15th National Council on Environment (NCE) in Abuja.

The theme of the NCE tagged: “Appraisal of the Emerging Challenges and the opportunities in the Environment Sector: A call for Actions towards the Environment of our Dream.”

Ikeazor said that the ministry, had also recovered arable land of 4,792 hectares from its earlier baseline of 90 hectares in 2019 within the period under reviewed.

She said that the achievements were made through the Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW), established by the government to reverse land degradation and desertification.

Ikeazor added that the agency was supporting local communities in the sustainable management and use of natural resources to reduce poverty, enhance food security and promote sustainable livelihood.

According to her, the agency has increased the number of trees (Orchards and Woodlots) planted from 1,080,000 to 5,612,400.

“In the same vein, the Federal Department of Forestry and Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) has also increased the vegetation cover from the baseline of 155,200 trees in 2019 to 635,840 by the second quarter of 2021.

“In fulfilling this mandate, the ministry is also accelerating the implementation of the Ogoni clean-up through effective use of Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP).

“The 15.3 hectares of polluted land has so far been remediated into arable land suitable for agricultural activities in Ogoniland,” she said.

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