Environment conservation should be promoted by planting trees

Community leaders need to mobilize community members to embrace good practices on environment like avoiding encroaching on wetlands, cutting down trees for charcoal, etc. tree planting should be a bye-law at village level if we are to promote environment conservation, said Timothy Muhairwe, the district forestry officer Kabarole district.

Timothy said these while appearing on ToroDev supported weekly radio talkshows on KRC Fm that is hosted every Wednesday 8:00pm-10:00pm on 3^rd May 2017. The Kabarole district forestry officer was on ‘Manya Ekiragiro Kyawe’ program discussing the effects of climate change on agriculture in the region and Uganda as a country.

He said the quality and quantity of produce of agricultural products is linked to poor/bad practices on environment which have led to global warming and as a result we see prices of agricultural products hiking, inadequate supply of water which has severely affected people’s lives and animals.

He further said the unpredictable rainfall in the country has affected agricultural seasons where farmers are not certain when to plant crops which has affected food supply hence bringing food insecurity and scarcity not forgetting increase in prices of agricultural products in the country.

He suggested that duty bearers and community leaders should be empowered to monitor and supervise wetlands since some of them are occupied by people they stay with which has harshly affected the environment. Duty bearers should be encouraged to mobilize community members to plant trees which we hope will help to stabilize unpredictable seasons so that people can receive rains as expected to cultivate their crops for domestic and income, said Timothy Muhairwe.

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