Luckyson Salamba

Copperbelt university

Degree |  2022-2026

Natural resource management involves protecting, restoring, and sustainably using essential assets like water, forests, soil, and wildlife to maintain ecological balance and support human life. When linked with climate change, this practice becomes a two way street: degraded environments such as deforested lands or drained peatlands release massive amounts of greenhouse gases and weaken Earth's natural carbon sinks, while shifting climate patterns like droughts and severe weather strain resource availability and threaten vulnerable communities. Conversely, sustainable resource management through reforestation, climate-smart agriculture, and watershed conservation mitigates emissions and acts as a critical first line of defense in helping societies adapt to a warming planet.