The Minister of Natural Resources, Stanislas Kamanzi has announced that the annual season on the tree planting has started adding that over 67 million tree seeds will be planted countrywide in less than two months left to end the year.
Kamanzi said that the official launch of the season is set November 19 in Kirehe District, Eastern Province.
He urged the public that the process of forest planting this time will follow a different methodology saying that trees will be planted closely to each other.
Kamanzi made the remarks over the weekend during the visit to Gihara p/s in Runda Sector, Kamonyi district, Southern Province where he joined other government officials and residents to plant trees at the school premises.
The Rwandan Senate President Dr. Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo present at the event called upon the public to concentrate on tree planting program.
Ntawukuriryayo challenged the residents to plant many trees as they are important in various ways like in environmental protection, fight soil erosion, generate income to the country etc.
While at the event, the President also called upon the public to match the family planning program along with environmental protection in order to ensure a steady economy.
The activity was organised by EALA Chamber of Deputies and attracted different top officials including Speaker of the Parliament Rose Mukantabana, Stanislas Kamanzi Minister of Natural Resources, and Monique Mukaruriza Minister in charge of East African Community among others.
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