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17 November 2008
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According to a local environmental organization, the LAMP Foundation Inc., the trees planting exercise will take place in Clara Town on the Bushrod Island.
LAMP says the demonstration is part of its awareness campaign aimed at enlightening the public about the danger of climate change, and the need to institute measures aimed at tackling the phenomenon.
According to LAMP, the first phase of the exercise will be limited to targeted communities in Monrovia and its environs, while the second phase will be extended to rural communities.
The organization noted that the importance of trees as a viable sequester of carbon dioxide cannot be overemphasized and hoped that such awareness would encourage the citizens and policy makers to focus on the protection of trees and our forest resource.
LAMP says it believes that in the absence of the requisite technological capacity to tackle the effect of climate change, Liberians can contribute to the global efforts to reduce greenhouse gases by applying such natural methods.
It says the Environmental Protection Agency and other local and international environmental organizations as well as the media will be invited to witness the occasion.
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