The Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) and the Water Resources Management Authority(WARMA) have been directed to firmly deal with anyone who is not complying with environmental regulations.
Water Development Permanent Secretary Ed Chomba said this at the official opening of the 36th Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa (EEASA) conference in Livingstone under the theme, “Rethinking Education for Sustainable Development: A Key to our Future.”
Bishop Chomba said government is concerned that the integrity of the rich natural resources in Zambia is under threat.
He said the looting of the Mukula tree and indiscriminate cutting down of trees for charcoal are among the major factors endangering the environment.
Bishop Chomba said most Zambians depend on the rich natural resources and biodiversity of the ecosystem for their livelihoods hence the need to promote sustainable management of the environment.
And Zambia Network of Environmental Education and Practitioners(ZANEEP) Patron, who is Minister of Justice Given Lubinda said Zambia has embarked on various positive activities to restore the environment such as the plant a million trees initiative.
In a speech read on his behalf by Plant a Million Trees Chief Executive Officer, Emmanuel Chibesakunda, Mr. Lubinda said planting a million trees is part of Zambia’s environmental transformation Agenda.
And EEASA President Mumsie Gumede has urged the delegates to the conference drawn from the SADC region to take charge of the affairs of Africa.
WORRRAH!!
– Fake Doctorate from Oxford
– Fake Doctorate from Cambridge
– Fake Bishop
– Fake American accent
– Fake story that he was behind HH during initiation into sat.anism
– Fake Christian, who is wanted in USA for bigamy after marrying an American woman & a Nigerian woman at the same time. He lived off rich women.
– Fake accountant – He once even worked at Zambia Airways as an accountant using a fake qualification
– Fake Federal court judge – He passed himself as a USA Federal court judge when he sued a ZRA woman.
Thousands of teachers with fake qualifications have been arrested/fired but we find this con-artist being PS in a very sensitive ministry. Even his young brother working at cabinet office was found with fake qualifications.
PF00Lish Govt is the most rotten govt.
Ed chomba with your fake degree. At the same time why can’t you tell the qualifications authority to deal firmly with those who have fake qualifications.
Right, call Minister. Just drove from Livingstone to the Copperbelt after having been away for a long time. I am still in a shock at what I saw. From the time you leave Livingstone, the rate at which trees have been cut is disastrous. Getting to Ndola, around the kafulafuta was even worse Huge tracts of land have been cleared of trees for charcoal. Even by the roadside, you see trees cut and it appears this is a normal trend. A lot of bushfires throughout the journey were ragging uncontrollable.
How can we allow such a situation to occur in Zambia? Where are the authorities especially the Environmental Council? In 10 to 15 yrs if we don’t stop this trend, the country will face reduced rainfall and desertification will result.