Cameroon: Douala Urban Council Launches Operation 10,000 Trees

Posted to the web 30 June 2008 Joe Dinga Pefok Douala Urban Council has launched a campaign to plant some 10,000 trees of different species in selected sites across the city before the end of this year. The funds for project are expected to be raised through financial contributions from the public, which include enterprises.Wouri SDO, Bernard Atebede, launched the project on June 23, which was immediately followed by a tree planting week which ran from June 23-28. Teams of council workers trained for the operation planted hundreds of trees during that week.Another tree planting week will run from December 8-13. However, the Douala Urban Council Government Delegate, Dr. Fritz Ntone Ntone, has stated that the project will run non-stop throughout the year. The selected sites include some street sides, the middle of some... [read full story]