MBABANE: Moses Vilakati, the Minister of Tourism and Environmental Affairs has emphasized the importance of escalating the establishment of nature conservation projects.
The Minister was speaking this week during Temvelo Awards, a government supported environment initiative that seeks to, among others, encourage nature conservation.
“As a country, it is important to further accelerate our nature conservation, waste management, chemical management and sustainable land management initiatives. Initiatives like the Phatsa Sakho Nawe, the Big Five Nature Reserve and Solar Energy need to be supported by all emaSwati to ensure that we accrue maximum results from such initiatives.As a country, we are part of a global community which is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to levels that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system within a time frame that will allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to such changes,” said the Environment Minister as quoted by Government online platforms.
On another note, the Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation won the Water Conservation and Biodiversity Offset–Agri-business Award.
Other winners include Stefanutti Stocks(Biodiversity Offset-Construction), Ubombo Sugar Limited (Green Business), Matsapha Town Board (Green Municipality).
The Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise(ESWADE) worn the Green Parastatal Award while KOBWA walked away with the Blue Conservation Award.
Journalist Sifiso Nhlabatsi won Environmental Journalist Award while Lynn Kota won the Lifetime Achievement.
Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation(RESC) wins Water Conservation Award, Environment Minister Moses Vilakati says nature conservation must escalated.