{"id":2105,"date":"2025-03-27T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2025-06-11T14:08:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:08:41","slug":"lesotho-marks-national-tree-planting-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/index.php\/lesotho-marks-national-tree-planting-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho Marks National Tree Planting Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the 21st March 2025, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, together with the Prime Minister, led a remarkable celebration at Ha Moruthane, Matsieng to combat climate change and promote a greener future for Lesotho. \ud83c\udf31\u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1160\" src=\"https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-11-at-10.18.39-edited-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2150\" style=\"width:557px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-11-at-10.18.39-edited-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-11-at-10.18.39-edited-300x136.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-11-at-10.18.39-edited-1024x464.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-11-at-10.18.39-edited-768x348.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-11-at-10.18.39-edited-1536x696.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-11-at-10.18.39-edited-2048x928.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Tree planting activity at Ha Moruthane<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-0eabfe454368dc785474719ffcc29245\">This impactful initiative wasn\u2019t limited to one location\u2014it spread across the entire country, where a total of 100,000 trees were planted! Trees play a crucial role in addressing climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide, improving air quality, and preventing soil erosion. They are vital allies in restoring ecosystems and building resilience against the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is a reminder that combating climate change requires collective action. The government has taken a significant step forward, and now it\u2019s up to each of us to contribute to protecting our environment. Whether it\u2019s planting a tree, conserving resources, or spreading awareness, every effort counts in building a greener Lesotho. \ud83c\udf3f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-878d113f0cfa40e4d489cae621bdd320\"><strong><em>Let\u2019s keep the momentum alive and work together for a sustainable future! \ud83d\udc9a<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 21st March 2025, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, together with the Prime Minister, led a remarkable celebration at Ha Moruthane, Matsieng to combat climate change and promote a greener future for Lesotho. \ud83c\udf31\u2728 Tree planting activity at Ha Moruthane This impactful initiative wasn\u2019t limited to one location\u2014it spread across the entire country, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outreach-and-awareness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2105"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2151,"href":"https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions\/2151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatechangelesotho.gov.ls\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}