Metro embarks on a tree-planting drive
“We call on the members of the community to care for and nurture the trees, and not to cut them,” she says.
KwaThema – Four hundred marula and apple trees were planted in Etwatwa and Barcelona since the beginning of September to kick-start the National Arbor Month and to adorn barren spaces with indigenous trees.
Arbor Day celebration seeks to highlight the opportunity for sustainable environmental, social and economic development, community participation, poverty alleviation and job creation in forestry, thereby contributing towards growth, development and a better life for all.
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Last Friday, Grade Six learners from Silindokuhle Primary School and the community of Barcelona joined hands, with government officials, to plant the marula trees at the Barcelona multi-purpose park. Ekurhuleni’s head of department for Environment Resources and Waste Management Services Faith Mabindisa says trees are a source of life.
“They provide us with oxygen and shade on a sunny day. They also serve as a shield during stormy seasons, and prevent soil erosion.
“It is therefore very important for us to continue planting as many trees as possible and to educate each other about the significance of having trees in our environment.
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“We call on the members of the community to care for and nurture the trees, and not to cut them,” she says.
The metro partnered with the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the National Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries who have committed to a tree-planting drive by planting 1 600 trees across the metro during September.
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