Sevidzem Ernestine Leikeki

"We can't fight the climate emergency if we cannot protect and regenerate our land."

"My community of 300,000 people depends on nature for livelihood. We find daily solutions in our forest and in our farmlands. But our natural resources face a lot of challenges deforestation, over-exploitation, encroachment and poor soil conservation. And these are made worse by gender inequality, cultural barriers and little or no knowledge about the goodness of nature."

"Nature remains our greatest ally to reach our climate mitigation targets. Planting trees is essential, but we need to raise a forest generation that will thrive and live in harmony with nature."

""Honey equals income, equals jobs, equals gender equality, equals conservation.”"