Argus reporter Estel Farell-Roig:
Prince Charles is now meeting those who we were waiting for him, he got so many flowers pic.twitter.com/OKj7R8XGEJ
— Estel Farell-Roig (@ArgusFarellRoig) February 24, 2017
Prince Charles and the students are about to start planting the tree pic.twitter.com/hTfXPI5Kt1
— Estel Farell-Roig (@ArgusFarellRoig) February 24, 2017
Prince Charles is now listening to a presentation of the children about what they are doing for @sizeofwales pic.twitter.com/vS2jrx5fCf
— Estel Farell-Roig (@ArgusFarellRoig) February 24, 2017
Prince Charles has just arrived to the Cwmbran school pic.twitter.com/yfPHULqzeG
— Estel Farell-Roig (@ArgusFarellRoig) February 24, 2017
HIS Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will be Cwmbran today to visit a primary school as part of environmentally-focused visit.
In 2010, the Prince launched the charity Size of Wales – which helps to protect an area of rainforest twice the size of Wales as part of Wales' national response to climate change.
He will be visiting Blenheim Road Community Primary School, where the Prince will plant a tree to launch the school’s twinning programme which links them to a school in Uganda, which will also have a tree planted in its grounds.
His Royal Highness will also attend a presentation by members of the primary school’s eco club, which took part in a workshop on rainforests and climate change on the charity’s Go Green Day, the charity’s national day of action in October.
The Cardiff-based climate change charity works with schools, employers and community groups across Wales to help protect four million hectares of rainforest in Africa and South America.
Its education programme provides free assemblies and workshops to demonstrate the importance of rainforests and to empower young people to take action against climate change.
Size of Wales reports that tropical rainforests absorb nearly a fifth of the world’s man-made CO2 emissions every year and play a crucial role in storing water; regulating rainfall; preventing floods, droughts and erosion; and producing much of the world’s oxygen.
The visit of the Prince of Wales follows on from the Duchess of Cambridge attending the MIST service in Mamhilad and the FIT scheme in Caerphilly on Wednesday, while the Duke of Cambridge is due to visit Abergavenny on St David’s Day.
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