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ADDIS
ABEBA(July 31,2007) - The National Millennium Council
disclosed on Sunday that it has so far planted about 460 million indigenous
trees through out the country, 400 million more than it planed to.
The council had originally planed to plant 60 million trees until
the end of June.
But with active the active participation of the people in the campaign,
this remarkable achievement was made possible, has been obtained,
Seyoum Bereded, director of the National Millennium council said speaking
at the Addis Ababa Millennium Secretariat board meeting held at the
Municipality,
Regional wise, Amhara planted 213 million, the highest number of trees
planted followed by Oromia, which planted 196 million trees. Southern
Nations Nationals and Peoples planted 22 million trees and Tigray
20 million trees; according to the director.
The Director on the other hand disclosed that thousands of trees have
withered in Afar and Harari regions "due to hostile weather conditions
in the case of Harari, and water shortage in Afar region.
Siyoum said the council was working on supplying water through generator
driven water supply in Semera from Awash water basin and hoped the
water shortage will be solved soon.
Due to such circumstances, the plantation campaign will continue for
another couple of weeks, according to the Director.
Listening to the report presented by the director, Mayor of the Addis
Ababa Care taker Administration, Berhanne Deressa, said that if just
one-third of these planted trees are to grow, the image of the country
will absolutely change and draught will be less likely to occur in
the future.
The mayor emphasized the need for continued follow up to the trees
planted called up on the people to take care of the trees planted.
"Unless the act of cutting trees is blocked, the problem of deforestation
couldn't be solved. Alternative sources for fuel and construction
have to be considered parallel to the plantation activity. Houses
shouldn't be constructed with woods," stressed the Mayor.
The biggest threat of deforestation doesn't come from the ordinary
fire wood carriers seen in Addis; it comes from Investors engaged
in construction and household manufacturing activities, according
to the Mayor.
The Addis Ababa Millennium Secretariat on its part has assessed its
past five months of report and discussed on its future strategies
with members of the Millennium board.
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