Students plant mangroves to mark Environment Day Featured
Students plant mangroves seedlings at 'Ahau
5 June, 2019. Students from Tupou College and Takuilau College here on Tongatapu planted new mangrove seedlings in ‘Ahau, Hihifo on Tuesday, June 4, to mark the 2019 Environment Day.
Around 20 students turned up for the field trip organised by the Department of Environment as part of the 2019 World Environment Week celebration.
Their trip also coincided with the program to remember World Environment Day, which is remembered on June 5 annually.
Mangroves specialist and Environment staff Hoifua ‘Aholahi led the field trip at the ‘Ahau site.
He explained the importance of having mangroves replanted and what the current project in ‘Ahau was focused on.
“Mangroves are critical for the environment, especially the coastal environment,” Mr ‘Aholahi told the students.
“While the plants are used by humans for different purposes they also help protect us from natural hazards like rising sea water level and tidal waves.”
Mr ‘Aholahi advised the students about the European Union – GIZ funded Climate Resilience project being implemented at the ‘Ahau and Kolovai sites in Hihifo.
“The current project will help stop sand erosion and therefore protect the different communities of ‘Ahau and Kolovai,” he added.
The students then took turns planting the new seedlings around the marked area.
Around 100 new plants were planted during the field trip visit.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary General António Guterres has called on the world leaders and decision makers to take action now to help save our environment.
UN Secretary General calls on leaders to take action and hear people’s call for action.
“World Environment Day highlights how much we all rely on nature and on our planet’s health,” Mr Guterres said.
“The quality of the water we drink, the food we eat and the air we breathe — all depend on protecting the natural world.
“But the environment is facing unprecedented perils, caused by human activity.” He said one million species are at risk of extinction.
“Oceans are under stress. Air pollution is claiming seven million lives every year and damaging children’s development. Many air pollutants also cause global warming,” he said.
“And climate change is an existential threat. “In my recent visit to the South Pacific I saw first-hand the severe and worsening impacts of the global climate emergency.
“There is no time to lose. This is the battle of our lives. We must win. And we can. Solutions exist.
“Tax pollution, not people. Stop subsidizing fossil fuels. Stop building new coal plants. “People everywhere are demanding action. On World Environment Day, let us heed their call.”
- MEIDECC
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Sione,
Na'e tau'ataina pe 'eku fakahaloto pea 'ikai ha fakata'e'aonga'i e to 'akau 'a e ngaahi ako. Pango ko e hu mai ho'o tau'ataina 'a'au he fungame'a hala mo e faka'uhinga hala pea hange 'oku meimei fakapipiko. Kake hoko atu aa koe mo ho'o faka'uhinga he'ikai keu toe lea atu na'a faifai ke si'i puke koe he kuo ke toulekeleka. -
KĀTAKI FALAKESI...Ko e "public discourse" eni 'ihe tau'atāina lea mo e fakahā loto. Ke ke mea'i na'a ke hūmai 'o lea 'o fakahā ho lotó pea 'oku 'atā ki ha taha pē 'ihe "public" kenau fakahā honau loto 'o kau ki ho'o fokotu'umai.
'Oku 'ikai fakangatangata 'a e tau'atāina leá 'a e kakaí kenau taliatu ki ho'o tohi 'o fakatatau mo ho'o 'amanaki. 'Oku 'atā kenau faka'uhinga'i, fakakata'aki, fakakikihi'i, pe fakafepaki'i ho'o laú 'ihe ngaahi founga kehekehe ke mālie'ia ai 'a e kau laukonga.
Kātaki 'oua e mamahi, ko e potalanoa fakakaume'a pē, mahalo tetau feako'aki mei he 'etau felāfoaki. -
Sione,
Koeha 'oku ke hu mai ai 'o tali 'eku fehu'i kapau 'oku fakamole taimi. Pea koeha 'oku 'ikai fano'i takai holo ai ho'o fakakaukau 'i he tefito 'eku fehu'i.
Koeha hono kovi 'eku 'eke? He ka muimui'i ke fetongi e tongo kuo mate, 'e toe kau lelei ange ia. Te'eki ai tu'o taha keu fakatae'aonga'i e to 'akau 'a e fanau ako. 'Ai ho loto ke lelei mo e fakapiko ho'o 'ohonoa'ia holo 'i he'emau comment. 'Ai pea teu pehee 'eau ko e 'ofisa fakatonutonu comment koe he fale ni. -
FALAKESI....'IKAI HA'O MAHINO'I 'A E 'AONGA 'O E NGĀUE 'A E FĀNAU AKÓ...fakakaukau ki he ngaahi me'a 'oku mahu'ingá 'ihe ngāue kuo lavá. Ko ho'o fehu'i faka kau leká 'oku fakamole taimi hono tali, pea ongomai ko ho'o fakaanga mo e manuki.
Ko e ngāue 'a e fānau ako, pea 'e 'aonga 'i ha'o ako 'o kau ki he mahu'inga 'o e vao tongó. Fēfē 'o ka ke fekumi (research) ki he mo'ui mo e 'aonga 'o e tongó pea ke toki fakaanga'i 'a e ngāue kuo lavá? -
Sione
'Oku ke mavahe koe mei he taumu'a 'o 'eku post, ko 'eku 'uhinga pe oku nau toe follow up he osi hono to, pe ko e fuu tongo e fiha oku kei moui, pea ko e fiha oku mate naa lava ke fetongi. Oku ikai ke faai mai hoo takihala'i e kakai. -
KĀTAKI FALAKESI...ko e hā e 'aonga 'o e vaotā tongó ki he 'ātakaí? Ko e malu'anga 'o e fua mo e kanahe, paka, ngaahi ika kehekehe, etc., kenau fanau mo fakatō fua pea malu ai honau fanga 'uhiki mei he fanga Ika fekau lalahi (predators).
TATU MO E MO'UI 'A E FONÚ. 'Oku nau mo'ui ke fakatolonga honau fa'ahinga (species) mo 'enau fanau pea nau toki faka-māvae atu ki tahi moana. Kuo pau kenau omi 'o fakató mo fanau ofi ki 'uta mo e matātahi 'oku ma'u ai honau malu'anga. Fake'eke'eke ki ho'o faiako "biology" mo e ako ki moana 'o e fa'ahinga Ika mo e paka 'oku nau mo'ui 'I he vao tongó. -
'OKU MOU TŌ 'A E TONGŌ KO E LANGA HAKE 'O E 'ĀTAKAÍ, KA E HAVEKI 'E HE PULE'ANGA 'O 'AKILISI PŌHIVÁ KE LANGA HONAU MALA'E TĀPULÚ...Vakai ki he Paaka Popua mo e Mala'e Tāpulu laulau miliona $$$$$$$.
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Kapau tetau ta'utu ke lau e fu'u tongo 'oku to he 'aho "Atakai" kotoa pe, kuo osi a Tonga ni hono folahi. Ko e fehu'i: oku toe fai ha follow up o e tongo oku to pe 'oku mo'ui pe 'emeni?