Some environment experts, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to outlaw the practice of bush burning for any reason to save the nation’s ecosystem. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, the experts condemned bush burning due to its harmful effect on the environment and danger to human beings. “The act of burning bush to make room for crop planting is old fashioned and kills soil nutrients while depleting the ozone layers that protect life from direct exposure to sunray. Also on climate change, the Technical Director, Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), Dr Joseph Onoja, said that some states had outlawed bush burning in the books. He said bush burning kills organic nutrients that would have assisted crops and contributes to the unpredictability of the climate.

Source: Nigerian Tribune November 07, 2019 15:11 UTC