Rewa pledge's to plant 1,000 indigenous trees to combat the effects of climate change

As part of Environment and Oceans Day this week, the province of Rewa has pledged to plant 1,000 indigenous trees in the next three days to combat the effects of climate change.

This has been highlighted by the High Chief of Rewa, Ro Teimumu Kepa at the celebration on World Environment Day in the village of Lomanikoro in Rewa.

Ro Teimumu Kepa has also declared part of Rewa River along the Naililili upstream as a marine protected area to allow for hammerheads sharks and bull sharks to breed.

Kepa says this area is the largest breeding area in the world after research was conducted by Professor Ciro Rico, the head of Marine Science at USP.

In the next three days, the 12 tikinas in Rewa will conduct a clean up campaign along Rewa River and will plant 100 trees per tikina.

Ministry of Fisheries rep Tevita Vodivodi says there are 16 species of sharks that takes 7-20 years to mature.

Vodivodi says the ministry will start to work on a management plan that will see how and when people will be allowed to fish.

He says the Minister for Fisheries Semi Korolavesau will be taking this good news to the Oceans Conference in New York later this week.

The Rewa Provincial Council has special programs in place that will coincide will Environment Day and the Oceans Conference that will take place this week, for the province of Rewa.