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At 12 age, Shema is already an environment activist who is dedicated to forest conservation. Recently, on 2nd October, he planted a 12th tree to mark his birthday, this a common practice in Rwanda of planting a tree on a birthday. For Shema, to plant a tree means a lot to him. He told me that he is very proud to provide habitats to wild fauna and flora. The importance of forests are limitless, he said. In additional of purifying environment, forests limit the greenhouse effects contributing to the global warming by absorbing greenhouse gases. He continued to emphasize on the role of forests of serving as windbreaks protecting buildings and crops from strong winds. He added that trees are vital in modifying climate, preventing soil erosion and protecting watersheds. On 21st September 2011, Rwanda won " OUR FUTURE POLICY GOLD AWARD 2011"- a United Nations backed gold award for its forest promotion policies. Forest Cover has increased by 37% since 1990, massive reforestation and planting that promote indigenous species and involve local population especially youth and women associations, have been undertaken and new measures such as Agroforestry and Education have been implemented. Along with other youths, Shema is helping Rwanda to achieve a major reversal in the trend of declining forest cover and is on course to achieving its goal of forest cover 30% of total land area by the year 2020. On your View, why is it important to involve young people like Shema in Sustainable forest management?
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keep it up
Posted 30-01-2018 11:47
great work man
Posted 30-01-2018 11:47
Hi, Irazoke! Thank you for introducing Shema to us! I'm glad to know that children like Shema are aware about environmental conservation and are already actively participating in saving the environment! :D I hope that more and more children around the world can take an interest in the environment and do their part in making it better. Thank you for your report!
Posted 30-10-2017 23:06
Hi, Irakoze! What a great child he is! Youths like Shema are our future and we have to cooperate with them to achieve sustainable and environmentally friendly future for next generation.
Posted 26-10-2017 02:09
Wow great work by such young minds. It is important that childrens care about environment from such young age.
Posted 26-10-2017 01:27
Hi! It is important because children are the future of the planet!
Posted 25-10-2017 15:17