 And now to the environment. For too long a human have been exploiting and destroying the planet's ecosystems and the loss is depriving the world of carbon sinks like forest and peat lands at the time humanity can least afford it. At an event held at St. Saviour's calling Lagos which their US initiatives in partnership with the Lagos State Government in regard of the World Environmental Day has gathered to support the tree planting initiatives and provide safe environment in the society plus TV correspondent Ngoziqa or HSC Hasmore in this report. June 5th is dedicated to mark the World Environmental Day which is celebrated to create awareness among people in order to conserve the environment for a healthy and better future. The theme for this year is the ecosystem restoration which means preventing halting and reversing damages to go from exploiting nature to healing it. The US Consulate who is represented by the acting Consul General Brandon Hotspeth spoke on the importance of tree planting in Nigeria and how children are powerful agents for change. As we recognize these efforts around the country to hear in Lagos to provide safe clean drinking water healthy places to live and work and to learn and play and I think that these kids are a remarkable example of how all of us can work to achieve those causes. So in providing support for this initiative the US government has demonstrated its belief that real solutions to Africans problems are best developed by Africans and what I would say is that you know we are excited frankly to partner with St Xavier on this activity. As we know children have the potential to be powerful agents of change and by focusing on school-age children giving them tools and knowledge to change behaviors future generations will be better prepared to care for the environment. Other speakers at the event educated the students of St Xavier School on how they can achieve ecosystem restoration. here to tell you is if we disrupt any part of the ecosystem if we disturb it and we unbalance it our lives will be unbalanced. Through growing trees greening cities you know rewinding garden cleaning up our rivers we can also achieve it by using renewable energy so it is important to remind ourselves as we are here today that the global community is set to adopt a set of sustainable development goals that has replaced millennium development goals. Environmental activists say only healthy ecosystems can enhance people's livelihood counteract climate change and stop the collapse of biodiversity according to the facilitator of the event they hope for a minor change attitude change and a better environment in Nigeria. For Plus TV Africa, Ngoziqa, O'aii Chessi.