80 students to gain forestry sector skills as part of master plan rollout

Under the Forestry Sector Masterplan, which emphasises forestry skills development, about 80 students will participate in the programme at the Fibre Processing and Manufacturing Sector Education and Training Authority (FPM Seta) and the universities of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria. They will start as soon as the enrolment processes at the institutions are completed, Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment deputy minister Maggie Sotyu said in her keynote speech at the Forest 21 workshop virtual launch event on April 14.