A strong call has been made to industries that rely on firewood in their production processes across the country to step up tree-planting efforts as a way of curbing deforestation and mitigating the adverse effects of climate change. The call has been made by stakeholders from the Women in Climate Change Organization (WICCO), a non-governmental…
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