BY JOHN HOUANIHAU
Forests provide clean air, regulate the climate, support biodiversity and sustain livelihoods of millions of people.
Miss Elisca Damayianti, a form five student of Sasamuqqa High School, highlighted that during the school’s recently concluded Seminar Presentation organised in South Choiseul.
The successfully concluded Seminar Presentation 2025 was part of the Sasamuqa High School Form 5 student English Task 3 School-Based Assessment (SBA).
“Students, judges, timekeepers and visitors here today, we welcome you all. As you can see in this chart, our topic is forest conservation,” she said.
“As a group, we have this great pleasure to stand in front of you all, to represent our topic, which is mainly based on the importance of forest conservation,” said Miss Damayianti.
Speaking on behalf of her group of four members, Miss Damayianti said forests cover nearly one-tenth of the Earth’s land and are essential to life.
“Forests provide us with clean air, regulate our climate, support biodiversity and sustain the livelihood of millions of people. However, human activities continue to distract the forest at an alarming rate,” she said.
“Let us explore how it can contribute to saving this green land of our planet. I will begin with a very important question, and that is: What is forest conservation? A very common definition, I will deliberate on this,” she told participants.
“Forest conservation is the practice of planting and maintaining forest areas for the benefit and sustainability of future generations,” she said.
She highlighted that forest conservation prevents soil erosion, regulates the water cycle and reduces the risk of natural disasters.
“For example, floods and landslides and so on. Millions of people, especially indigenous communities, rely on the forest for food, medicine, shelter and employment. Forests also supply raw materials like timber, paper and medical plants and support living organisms to survive,” she said.
She said people must organise to reinforce environmental laws and penalties to conserve the forest from destruction.
“We must do our part to keep our forest clean, not increase greenhouse gases and global warming, to maintain biodiversity and wildlife habitats and to support livelihoods. Do not allow activities such as mining, logging that will destroy our forest,” said Miss Damayianti.
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