By Emmanuel Tarpeh Quiah
GRAND KRU-Grand Kru County has been rallied by the Regional Forester of the Forestry Growth Authority (FDA) to take pressing and sustained motion to guard the county’s shrinking forest sources.
Evans Kaitanba made the enchantment to residents of Grand Kru in an interview with our correspondent.
Kaitanba, who heads Area 5, a newly demarcated forestry zone overlaying Grand Kru, Maryland, and River Gee counties, warned that unlawful logging, poaching, and harmful farming practices are accelerating environmental degradation and threatening each livelihoods and biodiversity.
“The forest is just not solely a nationwide asset however a lifeline for future generations,” Kaitanba informed this outlet in an unique interview. “Extreme felling of bushes and looking of endangered species corresponding to lions and elephants is pushing our biodiversity to the brink.”
He cited charcoal manufacturing and “slash-and-burn” farming as main drivers of deforestation, urging farmers to undertake lowland farming strategies as a sustainable various to clearing upland forests.
Kaitanba burdened the necessity for a collective change in mindset, encouraging communities to see the forest as a shared inheritance fairly than a useful resource for unchecked exploitation.
“Each tree felled and each animal hunted has penalties that ripple throughout generations,” he cautioned.
In accordance with him, the institution of Area 5 is a part of a broader nationwide technique to decentralize operations and strengthen forest regulation enforcement. He revealed that upcoming neighborhood engagement applications will give attention to environmental training and selling community-led conservation.
Reaffirming the FDA’s dedication, Kaitanba mentioned the company will work intently with native leaders, youth teams, and conventional authorities to develop homegrown options. “The accountability to safeguard our forests is collective,” he concluded. “And it begins now.”
Alphonso Toweh
Has been within the occupation for over twenty years. He has labored for a lot of worldwide media retailers together with: West Africa Journal, Africa Week Journal, African Observer and did occasional reporting for CNN, BBC World Service, Sunday Occasions, NPR, Radio Deutchewells, Radio Netherlands. He’s the present correspondent for Reuters
He holds first MA with honors in Worldwide Relations and a candidate for second grasp in Worldwide Peace research and Battle Decision from the College of Liberia.
