By Blessing Odega
The Rotary club of Naraguta, Jos, has planted 45 tree seedlings in St Paul’s Township Primary School Jos, to mitigate the adverse effects of Climate Change.
The Club’s president, Mrs Obiageli Piserchia, on Thursday in Jos, said the essence of the exercise was to show the club’s dedication to curbing causes of Climate Change.
Piserchia, said tree planting was imperative to serve as mitigant against desertification and greenhouse gases emission from various human activities.
“Three planting, asides beautifying the environment, serves as mitigating factor to climate change and global warming, as well as wind breakers to the school and its host community.
“Trees are crucial to man and the environment as they improve the air quality via absorbing pollutants.
” Trees also help to control the temperature of the environment through a process called transpiration, in which they produce water vapour and they also produce shades that cool the environment and lessen the heat.
“The trees also provide soil stability, by protecting the soil from erosion and landslides, and also help control water cycles by absorbing and holding precipitation and gradually releasing it into the streams and rivers,” she explained.
Mrs Nanre Nimsel, Assistant Head Teacher of the school, commended the club for picking the school in executing the laudable project, and assured the club that the trees would be nurtured to maturity.
” This gesture is a great feat for the school and the community, as these trees would serve as wind breakers and would also purify the air in our environment,” Nimsel also said. NAN