UNESCO Pledges Support For Africa To Tackle Environmental Challenges

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has promised to provide financial support through its biosphere reserve fund, to address issues of environmental challenges on the African continent.<br />Director-General of the organisation, Audrey Azoulay gave an assurance that that UNESCO’s projects on the Lake Chad basin would go a long way to restore the ecosystem which was fast experiencing degradation.<br />Azoulay was hopeful that there was still time to make peace with the planet.<br />She says Biodiversity is collapsing, at an unprecedented speed. But this collapse is not inevitable; there is still time to make peace with the planet.