Africa-Press – Angola. The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, expressed this Saturday, in Porto Amboim, Cuanza Sul, satisfaction with the private entities that practice environmental protection, without direct support from the Executive.
The Head of State made these statements to the press at the end of a field trip in that city, where he visited the Kitabanga Project, which protects sea turtles and participated in the ecological Christmas, with children from the town of Hogiwa.
“We found that there are people involved in the defense of the Environment, with their own resources and means, without expecting support from the Executive.
He also pointed out others who, with few resources or with the help of corporate sponsorship, as part of their social responsibility, have also been doing their work for the conservation of species.
He mentioned that it is invigorating to help, when one feels that before helping, people have initiative, highlighting, on the subject, that the country is on the right path.
In this district, the presidential couple visited the sea turtle nesting area of the Kitabanga Project, at the mouth of the Longa River, where they transferred hundreds of turtles to the sea.
The head of state also visited an environmental education area and a workshop where women artisans work, as well as receiving information regarding the project.
Started in 2003, in the Palmeirinhas area, in Luanda, Kitabanga is a sea turtle study and conservation project implemented by the biology department of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Agostinho Neto University.
The project is in partnership with the Kissama Foundation and the University of Namibe, as well as with the approval of the Ministry of the Environment.
It monitors 150 kilometers of the coast, being deployed in the provinces of Bengo, Zaire, Benguela, Namibe and Cuanza Sul.
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