A Mongu Resident has expressed concern at the rate of desertification in Western province.
The Resident says tons of laden with rose wood timba logs have continue being taken away from the province a situation he says contravenes the international conventions on climate change.
Editor,
Please allow me yet another space to again show how both the Zambian government and the Barotse Royal Establishment have continued to ignore international conventions on climate change.
In the first week of December 2015, I did upload another picture of a 30 ton truck laden with rose wood timber logs from Barotseland and destined for “God knows”. I met that particular one at Nalusanga gate on the Mongu /Lusaka Road.
In these pictures today, I would like to show the world yet another truck laden with the same timber.
I met this one along the Shoprite Ring Road in Mongu town.
Like I cried,lease SAVE OUR BAROTSELAND, SAVE OUR WORLD.
But where is the Barotse Royal Establishment in all this? What legacy are we leaving for our posterity? Our ancestors preserved this heritage, only to be pillaged by savages?
What the writer has said in the above article is very true! I live in western province, senanga in particular and what I ve seen happening is very worrying. Everyday huge trucks are seen carrying big logs of timber destined to lsk. Trees take about 100 years to grow to full maturity but if they are being cut everyday one wonders what will remain of our forests 20 years from now.