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Government extends ban on logging by one year

Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko has extended the ban on logging for one more year to allow the restoration of the degraded water catchment areas.

The extension is also aimed at replanting of indigenous tree species on 76,603 acres.

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