GreenUp
10,000 tree planting project has been launched at Joint Officers Mess at Kotu
on 16 September 2016.
The
project, affiliated to the Global Change Makers, is being implemented by Youth
Action against Illegal Migration, and Climate Watch - The Gambia.
It
was launched under the theme ‘Climate change is real: act now’.
Through
the project, 10,000 trees are to be planted across The Gambia with the aim of
creating an environmentally friendly, ecologically stable and economically
flourishing Gambia.
Kemo
Fatty, founder and project manager of GreenUp, said climate change is by far
one of the biggest threats to the biodiversity, economy and human existence.
“Therefore,
it is a collective responsibility on all of us to preserve and protect the
nature; our survival depends on it,” he said.
Mr
Fatty said GreenUp is a feasible solution in combating climate change and it
has a component on awareness creation on global warming and simple solutions
that people can adopt to curb climate change.
The
project is expected to improve Gambians resilience to climate change.
Saikou
Suwareh Jabai, executive director of Climate Watch - The Gambia, said #GreenUp
10,000 is a national youth-led tree planting exercise that will not only help
to protect the ozone layer but will also contribute significantly to global
efforts to address climate change and global warming.
He
explained that the 10,000 trees that will be planted across the country will
help to protect human health and the ecosystem by limiting the harmful
ultraviolet radiation from reaching the earth.
Lamin
Darboe, executive director of National Youth Council, said #GreenUp 10,000
project is timely because climate change is a threat to human lives.
“We
must save the future by identifying climate change as a challenge and curb it
menaces on human existence,” he said.
