Kabwata Member of Parliament (MP) Given Lubinda has disclosed that 10, 000 trees are targeted to be planted in his constituency next year.
Mr. Lubinda said he would lead all Kabwata Constituency residents in conducting the exercise.
He said this when he led the Reformed Church in Zambia (RCZ) Chilenje congregation in planting 300 trees in Lusaka’s Chalala area today.
Mr. Lubinda said trees were very important as they did not only add beauty to society but also assisted in protecting the environment in the country.
The Kabwata MP further advised people to desist from indiscriminate cutting down of trees to avoid deforestation and soil erosion.
Mr. Lubinda called upon the private sector to ensure that they came on board to sensitise people on the need to plant trees.
Meanwhile, RCZ Chilenje Congregation Pastor, Reverend Penias Mbewe said the planting of trees in Chalala area was in a bid to encourage people in other parts of the country to desist from cutting down trees but plant more.
He called upon the residents to safeguard the 300 trees in the area as the planting exercise was done in good faith and for their own benefit.
On December 19, this year Republican President Rupiah Banda launched the 2010 tree planting programme in Ndola on the Copperbelt.
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