RAJSHAHI, July 2, 2018 (BSS)- School level tree plantation has a bigger
role towards inspiring the students to more tree plantation leading to
protecting environment from further degradation.
This is the time of making the tree plantation popular among the
teachers, guardians and students to sustainable reduction of carbon emission
coupled with mitigating the adverse impact of climate change.
Rotarians, social workers and volunteers made this observation while
addressing a post-rally tree plantation programme in Rajshahi city yesterday.
Rotary Club of Metropolitan Rajshahi organized the programme at Silver
Jubilee Government Primary School at Kumarpara area to mark the welcoming of
Rotary Year 2018-19.
The tree saplings were planted to inspire young students in tree
plantation and make the primary school premises green.
Chaired by Headmaster of the school Ambia Ferdousi Khanom, the meeting
was addressed, among others, by Club President Rotarian Saidur Raham, General
Secretary Rotarian Tariqul Karim Shape, Treasurer Rotarian Wahidul Kabir and
Rotarians Shafiqur Rahman, Monjurul Alam, Prodip Mridha and Dr Sujit Sarker.
Encouraging teachers, employees and young students in tree plantation,
Saidur Rahman called upon everybody to plant at least three saplings annually
saying that the better deeds of present time would leave a better and
habitable planet for the future generations.
“Tree plantation is the most effective way to create an eco-friendly
green nature and mitigate adverse impacts of climate change in bringing
environmental equilibrium as well as economic development,” Rotarian Rahman
added.
He said the fury of nature has been causing various natural disasters
like tornado, droughts, floods and other natural calamities for a long time
due to climate change threatening habitation, environment, ecology and
agriculture.
“Massive tree plantation and increasing forest resources area could
protect environment, ecology and bio-diversity to halt the deteriorating
situation and save many living species of animals, birds, insects and other
flora and fauna including fishes from extinction,” he said.
He narrated beneficial aspects of forests and important role of trees in
human life and cited examples of the Sundarbans that saved millions of lives
when the sidr hit the coastal belts of the country in 2007.