International Day of Forests

The event was a female led celebration led by NFA Chairlady, Faith Burton, Chief Operations Officer, Magdeline Maihua, and Human Resource Manager Heta Yawas.

The tree seedlings were planted on 2.8 hectares of land.

HR Manager Yawas, who was the organizer of the tree-planting program thanked NFA Managing Director John Mosoro for supporting the program.

Chairlady Burton said this year’s theme is ‘healthy forest for healthy people.’

The Nature Park champions sustainability; to plant trees and care for them, and educate populations that life is very dependable on trees.

The Park’s Horticulture Manager, Junior Muli, said through the program, 12,000 trees were planted in four years, in partnership with schools, churches and various organisations in the nation’s capital.

Nakikus Konga expressed this during a recent International Day of Forests event.

The 7^th International Day of Forests was observed by the PNG Forest Authority in Port Moresby on the 21^st of March.

Though he was not in the program, the ENB Governor grabbed the opportunity to highlight the steady decrease of forest cover.

“In East New Britain we have been logging them for the last, almost 80 years, let me tell you,” said Konga. “Taim yumi no bin kisim indipendens yet em ol i logim diwai pinis lo hap blo mi.