Shifeta encourages tree planting at Arbor Day commemoration

NAMPA

2024-10-12

OSHAKATI, 11 October 2024 - Residents of Oshakati in the Oshana Region celebrated Arbor Day on Friday. (Photo: Contributed)

OSHAKATI, 12 OCT (NAMPA) - Minister of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta has urged Namibians to plant trees to counteract the effects of habitat degradation, deforestation, and climate change.
Shifeta, while speaking during the commemoration of Arbor Day at Oshakati on Friday, said the environment faces numerous challenges, including deforestation to climate change.
“It is our collective responsibility to address these challenge...

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