To enhance its environmental sustainability initiatives in line with global best practices, Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has embarked on a restoration project of planting 10,000 mangrove trees across coastal states in Nigeria.
The project, in partnership with Eco-Restoration Foundation, kickstarted at Akodo-Ise, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, was aimed at minimizing the global effects of climate change, by promoting restoration, conservation and protection of mangrove trees across Nigeria.
In his remarks at the event, the DIL Vice-President, Oil and Gas, Mr. Devakumar Edwin, revealed that “one of the primary reasons of the Dangote Group is to ensure that Nigeria keeps providing employment and lifting the people out of poverty through sustainability projects.
“We are also committed to creating good climate scenarios where people can live long and their livelihoods cannot be taken away from them.
Apart from absorbing more carbon from the atmosphere than other tree species, mangrove forests serve as vital buffers against coastal erosion, and are critical for preserving marine biodiversity and supporting millions of coastal dwellers whose livelihoods depend on healthy mangrove forests,” he said.
