Africa-Press – Lesotho. The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHDA) embarked on a study tour with chiefs and the community under the Thaba-Bosiu and Matsieng chiefs, in the villages of Ha-Ramohope and Ratau, in the Likalaneng area last week.
The visit was in the form of a series of exhibitions and demonstrations of improvements made by the water-repellent rehabilitation organization in the Ha-Ramohope pastures with the support of LHDA and NGOs.
LHDA Assistant Department of Environment, Science and Biodiversity Mr. Tlohang Ntoa indicated that the purpose of this meeting was to see, hear, discuss and brainstorm on issues related to grazing, management and management of grazing.
Ntoa said the veld being run by the community, the organization, LHDA in partnership with the Ministry of Forestry, Pasture and Land Conservation was safe and secure despite the unfortunate turn of events.
“The design of the area as well as this can be great, this pasture has changed a lot and we recommend that the local chief choose to do the same on the other side of the mountains so that he can infect other areas. the whole country, ”War said. He said the organization already has a lot of experience.
He said they have set up other development agencies and as it has its limitations on growth, kings and local government officials regularly visit each other to give advice on how other areas can dress and how they can.
include what they have been shown as their organizations. Pig Local Government Candidate Mr Moeketsi Phohleli, presenting the history of their pasture conservation trip to the area, said in 2017 they sat down with the local chief to discuss co-operation.
along with strategies on how to restore the quality of pasture production. “We bonded as local men because of the depletion of pasture and grazing land.
We set the site free for a total of three years and the LHDA was impressed with the initiative and provided a platform for the community to continue the process, ”Phohleli explained.
The secretary of the Ha-Ramohope pasture rehabilitation committee, Ms ‘Marorisang Motekoane, added that since 2017, they had volunteered to demolish the vet at the behest of the Matsieng king.
He pointed out that in 2018 they formed an organization and registered it legally. “The organization was successful, attracting a number of donors after realizing our goal. They rushed us with tools to clear the field, providing fruit trees and equipment for building animal cups, ”said Motekoane.
Mr Lekhotla Chabeli, treasurer of the Ha-Ramohope grazing rehabilitation committee, added to the presentation of the donors and the Ministry of Forestry, Pasture and Land Conservation and those who helped them to collect and collect trees.
of fruit and nutritional seedlings and supplements. He said the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) had donated cupboard equipment for animals’ access to water, power pens for short and long animals and firefighting equipment.
“LHDA, on the other hand, assists us in conducting workshops and coordinates as this work cannot be done without expertise, while the WAMPP fundraising fund has provided equipment for weeding, seedlings and forage production and poultry farming training, ”the Council said.
King Masheane Motemongane, King of Likalaneng Ha-Ramohope, in his speech did not give his secret to the success of the veld, he said his job was to see the country improve.
“I stood firm to see that the herbivores were identified, with the help of the authorities, in order to protect legitimate social reforms. In the meantime, LHDA has played a very important role by approaching me in the veld management department and we have received education, ”he said.
He explained that the challenges they face as kings in order to be governed by those who are more powerful than they are and to relinquish their administrative responsibilities by allowing Local Government Electors to do their job royalty by arguing the setting and clearing of pastures.
“Kings must know their role in serving the people, not in self-determination as a means of improving and controlling prisons, ditches and conserving natural resources such as resources and wetlands,” Motesimane said.
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project indicates that Lesotho’s constitution stipulates that all Basotho have the right to conserve the country’s natural resources for future generations.
He also pointed out that the water collection of the Mohale dam has been found to be surrounded by families with grazing animals in the area and that they are putting pressure on important pastures and wetlands.
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