1.0South Africa Voicehttps://southafricavoice.comSouth Africa Voicehttps://southafricavoice.com/author/southafricavoice01/Planting trees mitigates climate change - South Africa Voicerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9MHxncyUKY"><a href="https://southafricavoice.com/planting-trees-mitigates-climate-change/">Planting trees mitigates climate change</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://southafricavoice.com/planting-trees-mitigates-climate-change/embed/#?secret=9MHxncyUKY" width="600" height="338" title="“Planting trees mitigates climate change” — South Africa Voice" data-secret="9MHxncyUKY" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Makhotso Sotyu has encouraged South Africans to plant and conserve trees, emphasising their contribution to climate change mitigation.“Trees and forests are very efficient in sequestrating carb...