This is according to the Minister of Environment Wildlife and Tourism, Kitso Mokaila at a conference in commemoration of the World Wetlands Day, which took place at the President Hotel in Gaborone yesterday. The theme of the day was: " Wetlands and Tourism a Great Experience".The day was in efforts to promote societal attention and commitment to protect the sustainable use of wetlands globally, in an aim to improve livelihoods through wise use of wetlands.He said the protection of wetlands brings a lot of challenges because when embarking on a strategic environmental assessment, coordination and integrated planning has to be done. "To succeed in that one has to have good key players as well as sustainable finances." The ministry also intends to tighten laws to curtail environmental problems, he said.
He also said that curbing the problems is a long-term goal because the cycle itself revolves around how man lives.Climate change and the environment are affected by our own inventions that are actively contributing to global warming and pollution.He also said wetlands are the most imperative features in the environment, whether wet or dry they still have to be appreciated and conserved. However, no intensive surveys were carried out in assessments for residential plots allocated in places where there used to be rivers that had dried up in the past such as the Rakops road which passes through Boteti river.
