Globally, it is estimated that between 3.5 billion and seven billion trees are cut down every year and Ecobank’s tree planting initiative, ‘Planting today. Protecting tomorrow’, is taking place in each of the 33 countries in which the bank operates.
Zimbabwe on Wednesday joined the world in the commemorating the International Day of Forests, set aside to raise awareness of the importance of forests, woodlands and trees while celebrating the ways in which they sustain and protect the communities. Addressing people who attended the commemorations at
Minister of Environment, Water and Climate, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri today launched the National Agroforestry Program aimed at incorporating fruit trees into agricultural farming systems of the country. Agro-forestry is a land use management system in which trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops or pastureland.
A Zimbabwean company TreeEco has partnered Forestry Commission to educate school children at Danckwerts primary school on how to plant trees as well as fostering a culture of caring for the environment. The event which took place on Friday 9 December, involved educational talks from TreeEco
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