AFRICAN YOUTH CHARTER • 33 b) Train youth in the use of technologies that protect and conserve the environment; c) Support youth organisations in instituting programmes that encourage environmental preservation such as waste reduction, recycling and tree planting programmes; d) Facilitate youth participation in the design, implementation and evaluation of environmental policies including the conservation of African natural resources at local, national, regional and international levels; e) Develop realistic and flexible strategies for the regeneration of forests; f) Initiate intensive actions to prevent the expansion of deserts. Article 20: Youth and Culture 1. States Parties shall take the following steps to promote and protect the morals and traditional values recognised by the community: a) Eliminate all traditional practices that undermine the physical integrity and dignity of women; b) Recognise and value beliefs and traditional practices that contribute to development;