By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - As part of Heritage Day celebrations, South Africans are being called on to protect the country's natural heritage, with Government targeting the planting of 10 million trees nationwide. Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Bernice Swarts, will lead the campaign, which forms part of President Cyril Ramaphosa's Presidential One Billion Trees Programme, aimed at mobilising communities to combat climate change and build a greener future. Swarts says this campaign is critical for the sustainability of our country, highlighting the importance that trees on our oxygen levels which are currently below global standards...

<p>By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - As part of Heritage Day celebrations, South Africans are being called on to protect the country's natural heritage, with Government targeting the planting of 10 million trees nationwide. Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Bernice Swarts, will lead the campaign, which forms part of President Cyril Ramaphosa's Presidential One Billion Trees Programme, aimed at mobilising communities to combat climate change and build a greener future. Swarts says this campaign is critical for the sustainability of our country, highlighting the importance that trees on our oxygen levels which are currently below global standards...</p>

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