This was revealed by ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda during an interview with The Namibian yesterday.
To protect the country's natural resources, regular patrols and targeted operations have been conducted in the state forest, which is an area north of the road from Kongola to Katima Mulilo, he said. "The border area is very porous, and the matter needs a collective effort from all stakeholders to combat it," Muyunda said.
"It reduces our ability to sink more carbon and reduce climate change. Certainly, it will cause Namibia to fail on its national determined contributions for climate change targets if we do not collectively bring it under control," said Muyunda.
TheNamibian If we, Africans, do not become responsible, our extinction will come faster than the West wants it to. We cannot lead the destruction of our own environment. In Kenya, indigenous trees at the Coast are currently shipped to Europe.