WWF, Zambian bank start planting of 10,000 trees to secure major river source

LUSAKA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), in partnership with a local bank, on Tuesday commenced the planting of 10,000 trees at the source of the Zambezi River, one of the country's largest rivers.

The partnership with Stanbic Bank Zambia to plant trees at the source of Africa's fourth longest river in the Ikelenge district in northwestern Zambia was a continuation of the "Let's Secure the Zambezi" campaign which has been running for the past two years to tackle the devastating effect of climate change.