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Meanwhile, UNDP Resident Representative Henrik Franklin also stressed the urgency of long-term investment.
\u201cDownstream users benefit from healthy catchments, and they must be part of protecting them. Sustainable finance can unlock solutions that endure,\u201d he said.
He further mentioned that, the pilot project has shown that invasive species removal requires consistent funding, specialised machinery, and community mobilisation particularly involving women and youth.
Methula said that unless funding improves, Eswatini\u2019s rivers will continue to deteriorate.
\u201cWe must treat this as a national priority. The E1.2 billion figure reflects the real cost of securing our ecosystems,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Delisa Magagula The Eswatini National Trust Commission (ENTC) has revealed that the country needs approximately E1.2 billion…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,23,24,25,26],"tags":[46,55,73,82,58],"class_list":["post-5749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","category-finance","category-future","category-national","category-swaziland","tag-africa","tag-business","tag-eswatini","tag-finance","tag-national","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"\n