Additionally, the project promoted community-based climate resilience and livelihood improvement through the implementation of food security and water harvesting initiatives and the rehabilitation of riparian lands adjacent to the farms by planting 500 bamboo saplings. [...] Failure to ensure the safety of drinking water may expose the community to the risk of outbreaks of waterborne and infectious diseases. [...] The enormous challenge and the vast opportunities of action on climate change have distinguished the issue as the most pressing topic for the 50th anniversary. [...] Speaking at the event, the GBM Chair urged the participants to further the message of tree planting to replenish the earth and heal her wounds, and in Professor Maathai's words, our own. [...] The Green Belt Movement is proud to be a Global Alliance Partner and to have worked closely with The Royal Foundation on the development of The Earthshot Prize.
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