Assin Kushea (C/R), June 11, GNA – The Green Ghana Project has been launched at Assin Kushea to kick start the planting of more trees to preserve the country’s forest cover.
The project is to create enhanced national awareness on the necessity for collective action towards the restoration of degraded landscapes in the country and inculcate in the youth and citizenry the values of planting and nurturing trees.
The theme for the Green Ghana Project is ”Mobilising for a greener future”.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Mr. Emmanuel Agyapong Donkor, the Assin Fosu District Manager noted that Assin Fosu, Forestry Commission (FC) was allocated 400, 000 plants to be planted.
Of the figure, 142, 208 tree seedlings were planted at the Supong Forest Reserve while some individuals and institutions planted about 148,236 seedlings.
In all, a total of 290, 444 trees, representing 72 per cent of the total were planted.
He admonished the people to ensure that they nurture the trees and monitor them to grow.
”The tree seedlings to be planted include timber species, shade trees, multi-purpose leguminous, trees, fruit trees and ornamentals”, he said.
In addition, he said baobab, neem, the khaya senegalensis, timber, tamarine acacia, rosewood, cassia, lebbeck and ceiba (kapok), among others, were some of the species.
Mr Donkor stated that the government through the FC provided the seedlings free of charge and urged all to walk into any FC office and pick seedlings at no cost anytime.
Mr. Charles Ohene Andoh, the District Chief Executive of Assin North, encouraged the citizenry to constantly water the plants and nurture them well to survive.
He encouraged the youth to participate vigorously in the Green Ghana Project to fix the problem of environmental degradation.
The Green Ghana initiative was initiated under the leadership of the President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo and forms part of government’s aggressive afforestation programme to restore the lost forest cover and contribute to the global efforts to fight climate change.
GNA