Faced with the task of beautifying and regenerating Lagos environment from the effect of climate change, the State’s Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) has called on residents and organizations to embrace environmental conservation through planting of trees, especially during the current rainy season.
The
agency made the plea at a one-day sensitization seminar, attended by
representatives of traders’ and driver associations, tipper and quarry
association, and council centres in Lagos. They met to deliberate on the best
way to take care of dedicated parks areas effectively.
The
groups, who bared their minds on the impact of tree planting through the Lagos
Parks Project, lauded the efforts of the government and called for more
enlightenment programmmes to be organized by thee agency.
Statistics
showed that since 1990, Nigeria has lost some 35.7 per cent of its forest
cover. Between 1990 and 2005, the country lost over 79 percent of her forests.
Furthermore, 11 percent of the remaining primary forest it being lost annually.
Coordinating
Consultant of the agency, Dr. Titi Anibaba, while speaking at the event
appealed to members of the public to participate in the tree-plantation
exercise by planting a tree each at individual level, which he said would go a
long way in mitigating the impact of climate change.
She
underscored the significance of tree planting, adding that it was the
responsibility of every citizen to play a role in environmental conservation.
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