By Nneka Nwogwugwu
Prof. Shuaib Hassan, Director, Centre for Environmental Studies (CES) University of Abuja, has urged its students to plant trees on resumption to mitigate climate change and restore the ecosystem.
Hassan gave the advice on Saturday in Abuja during his address to mark the 2021 `World Environmental Day’ and sensitising students on the importance of planting trees to protect the environment, the News Agency reports.
He noted that trees and forest were critical parts to the solution to climate change and the biodiversity collapse faced by the world today.
He stressed that as individuals, we must ensure to do the needful to save the ecosystem.
He, therefore, called for collective supports from friends and partners to enable CES to accelerate nature based solution in support of United Nations decade in restoring the ecosystem from 2021 to 2030.
The director, however, pleaded with the institution’s management to stop herders from moving with their cattle within the university to enable the trees planted to survive.
Prof. Abdulrasheed Na’Allah, Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja, collaborated Hassan’s statements, adding that there was need to restore the ecosystem as it was of great importance to save mankind and the environment.
