{"id":235995,"date":"2022-09-02T09:46:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T07:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/empowering-communities-to-be-owners-and-managers-of-forestry-resources\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T09:46:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T07:46:54","slug":"empowering-communities-to-be-owners-and-managers-of-forestry-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/empowering-communities-to-be-owners-and-managers-of-forestry-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering communities to be owners and managers of forestry resources"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Through the Forestry Masterplan, government hopes to attract an investment of around R24.9 billion in the sector and create more than 100 000 jobs within the five-year implementation period.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Forestry Masterplan seeks among others to empower communities to be owners and managers of forestry resources in the rural areas of South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore, it intends to assist to optimise timber production by ensuring that beneficiaries receive post-settlement support and, where feasible, they are linked to a strategic partner,\u201d Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Makhotso Sotyu said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Addressing the launch of the National Arbor Month, Sotyu said to date about 6 000 jobs have been created and R11.5 billion has been invested mainly in down-stream processing industries.<\/p>\n

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), through a directive from the President, is leading the rollout of the Ten Million Trees Programme.<\/p>\n

The aim is to plant at least two million trees countrywide each year for five years through a coordinated effort by government, non-government organisations, community-based organisations, the corporate sector and the general public.<\/p>\n

In the first year of implementation, the coordinated effort saw the planting of 850 000 trees. Of this total number about 198 000 trees were planted by the public.<\/p>\n

As part of the launch activities, the Deputy Minister planted trees at the Shabalala Secondary School and in a few homes in Shabalala Trust Village, in Hazyview, Mpumalanga.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo heighten the Presidential Ten Million Trees programme, at least 7 000 trees will be planted in the Ehlanzeni District by the end of the Arbor Month 2022.  This includes 3 000 in Mbombela and 1 000 in each for the other four municipalities in the district,\u201d Sotyu said.<\/p>\n

Annually, the department in partnership with Total Energies South Africa celebrates National Arbor Month campaign from 1\u2013 30 September.<\/p>\n

The campaign is aimed at sensitising South Africans about the need to conserve, protect and plant trees for environmental and human related ideals.<\/p>\n

National Arbor Month is being celebrated under the theme: \u201cForests and Sustainable Production and Consumption.\u201d \u2013SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Through the Forestry Masterplan, government hopes to attract an investment of around R24.9 billion in the sector and create more than 100 000 jobs within the five-year implementation period. \u201cThe Forestry Masterplan seeks among others to empower communities to be owners and managers of forestry resources in the rural areas of South Africa. \u201cFurthermore, it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-235995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/empowering-communities-to-be-owners-and-managers-of-forestry-resources.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}