After celebrating the International Day of Yoga at Era Kone, NCD Governor Powes Parkop and City Manager, Bernard Kipit, led participants out to Fisherman Island for mangrove planting and seafront cleaning.
They boarded a PNG Defence Force Naval vessel for an hour’s trip to the island.
The mangrove planting and the clean-up initiative was the culmination of all planned activities throughout this month to increase awareness and take action on protecting the environment, ocean and reef.
These initiatives were in honour of World Coral Reef Day.
Governor Parkop urged the Fisherman Islanders to stop throwing plastics and other non-biodegradable waste into the sea, because it endangers the survival of marine life.
He also emphasised the importance of tree planting and the ocean which produces oxygen.
Governor Parkop announced that NCDC, in partnership with Total Waste Management, will build a waste plant outside Roku Village for waste decomposition.
Photo credit: NCDC