Africa must thrive to protect its biodiversity


Lazarus Sauti

The African continent is endowed with a rich diversity of life form which provides ecosystem services such as food, medicine energy sources and building and craft materials as well as spiritual, cultural and visual or artistic services.

More so, the biodiversity of mother Africa regulates climate, soil fertility, outbreaks of pests and diseases and maintains functional ecosystem.

Accordingly, Africa should strive to protect her biodiversity and in the process harness it to transform economically, culturally, technologically and spiritually.

This is so because biodiversity points countries within and across the continent towards the future.

National Geography photographer, Frans Lanting once said, “Biodiversity starts in the distant past and it points towards the future.”

Thus, by protecting her biodiversity, the continent is positioning herself to effectively benefit from her resources and to transform economically.

To effectively protect biodiversity, the continent should stop deforestation and land degradation; veld (wild) fires and loss of habitat.

This means that Africans should be responsible and plant more indigenous tress for the benefit of the continent. Planting more local indigenous trees is also crucial to the expansion of the continent.

Policy decision makers in the environment fraternity must promote sustainable utilisation of natural resources.

African governments should therefore make sure that mining and road construction activities are not posing threats to the ecosystem and biodiversity.

Furthermore, governments have critical roles to play in protecting the continent’s biodiversity by supporting projects and programmes that are initiated to tackle problems affecting Africa’s biodiversity.

All African countries must also implement environmental policies that protect the ecosystem and biodiversity. They must endorse the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and religiously domesticate some provisions of the convention in their legislation.

Honestly, the development of the continent is good but it should not cost Africans a good biodiversity. Therefore, Africa must strive to protect her biodiversity.

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