Dignitaries at the one million tree-planting launch at the NDA, Kaduna on Monday. Credit: Godwin Isenyo.
The Federal Government on Monday inaugurated a one-million-tree-planting campaign at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, in a move aimed at tackling climate change, desertification, deforestation and biodiversity loss across the country.
The initiative, a partnership involving the Africa Finance Corporation, the Nigerian Defence Academy and Fifth Chukker, was launched at the NDA Biodiversity Conservation Centre in Kaduna.
Representing the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Environment, Abubakar Buba, described the project as a landmark environmental intervention with far-reaching ecological and socio-economic benefits.
He said Kaduna State was facing mounting environmental challenges, including advancing desertification in the northern axis and persistent deforestation in the southern parts, which continue to threaten biodiversity, water resources and agricultural productivity.
