The Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has stated that planting five million trees will protect the environment from climate change.
Mr Kyerematen said this in an interview with the media after he planted a tree at East Legon in Ayawaso West Municipality.
The Forestry Commission, through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has launched the Green Ghana Project to plant five million trees across the country tomorrow Friday, June 11, 2021, as part of effort to re-Green Ghana and protect the country’s forest reserves.
The project forms part of activities to mark this year’s International Day of Forest.
The Green Ghana initiative will officially commence on June 11, 2021, to encourage Ghanaians to plant more trees to preserve and protect the country’s forest cover and the environment.
He announced that tree-planting, as part of the Green Ghana Project, is an initiative that aims at planting five million trees in a single day across the country.
He added that planting trees will help protect watersheds, reduce erosion, moderate climatic conditions, provide habitats for fauna and provide food for birds and other wildlife.
He explained the Green Ghana initiative, form part of effort to encourage Ghanaians to plant more trees to preserve and protect Ghana's forest cover and the environment.
He said the rationale for more trees in Ghana formed part of a strategy and a programme to embark on an aggressive aforestation to protect forests and the environment in Ghana.
He said the initiative was a joint responsibility for which more broad-based support was needed to address the adverse degradation of Ghana’s forests and ecosystem.
He indicated that this programme was an initiative of President Akuffo Addo to restore the country’s forest reserve since half of the country‘s forest reserves have been destroyed by human activities.
The Minister, who was on Friday named to be a cabinet Member called on Ghanaians to continue planting trees.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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