Communities on Malawi's Likoma Island Join Hands to Plant 15,000 Trees to Combat Climate Change
Communities on Malawi's Likoma Island Join Hands to Plant 15,000 Trees to Combat Climate Change
The tree seedlings, which include species such as Mtangatanga, Moringa, Msangu, Acacia, Mibawa, Msambafumu and other fruit trees, were distributed for free to the communities in Chiwoko Village.
Communities on Malawi's Likoma Island Join Hands to Plant 15,000 Trees to Combat Climate Change
Malawi: In an effort to combat the effects of climate change, 15,000 trees have been planted in the island district of Likoma, Malawi, writes Oliver Malibisa.
The initiative is led by the local non-governmental organization (NGO), Likoma Conservation Foundation (LCF), a subsidiary of Green Safaris, a Swedish organization.
The tree seedlings, which include species such as Mtangatanga, Moringa, Msangu, Acacia, Mibawa, Msambafumu and other fruit trees, were distributed for free to the communities in Chiwoko Village.
"As an organization, we hope that with proper management planting and management of these trees will help to address challenges of land degradation, scarcity of firewood, and fruits emanating from wanton cutting down of trees," said Davie Kacholola, Project Coordinator at LCF.
Despite some challenges with seed germination, Kacholola emphasized that the organization has enough seedlings to distribute and urged the communities to take full responsibility for the seedlings in order to achieve their desired goals.
One of the beneficiaries, Chimwemwe Bwanali, the seed germination team leader at Ngani area and Village Head of Chiwoko, shared that she participated in the initiative not just as a leader but also as someone whose village has been negatively affected by the effects of land degradation.
"It's one of the major problems in my village," she said.
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