{"id":359242,"date":"2024-06-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=359242"},"modified":"2024-06-25T16:51:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T14:51:42","slug":"shifeta-advocates-for-soil-restoration-amid-national-drought-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=359242","title":{"rendered":"Shifeta advocates for soil restoration amid national drought crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE Environment Minister, Pohamba Shifeta, advocated for the importance of soil restoration and rehabilitation, emphasising that healthy soils can store water and serve as a buffer during droughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Healthy soils can store water that functions as a buffer in times of drought, while human-induced land degradation such as overgrazing and deforestation reduces the capacity of the soil to hold water, amplifies water scarcity, and increases the vulnerability of communities and animals to droughts. Therefore, enhancing soil health through the restoration or rehabilitation of our degraded dry broadleaf forests and savannas can create better resiliency to drought,” Shifeta explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The minister said this at the National Integrated Landscape Management Conference, taking place in Windhoek. The conference was organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism in collaboration with the International University of Management (IUM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n