Tanzania: Gama Declares Kili Enviromental Decline Disaster

Moshi — KILIMANJARO Regional Commissioner (RC), Mr Leonidas Gama has declared the on-going environmental degradation on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro and elsewhere in the region as a national disaster which require immediate remedial measures to restore the forest cover.

Addressing an emergency session of the Regional Consultative Committee (RCC) here this week, the RC blamed executives of the seven municipal and district councils in the region for their failure to implement and supervise afforestation activities in their respective areas because they were closer to people.

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