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Nana Antwi Agyei Brempong II tree planting
A traditional chief urged the government to continue the afforestation program to help restore the country’s degraded forest to save the lives of present and future generations.
Nana Antwi Agyei Brempong II, Chief of Atwima in Atwima-Kwanwoma District, who made the appeal, said: “Our survival as human beings will depend on the trees around us and it is important that the government encourages all Ghanaians to embrace and support tree planting. exercise”.
Speaking to the Ghanaian News Agency after a tree planting exercise on some riverbanks in the community, he pointed out that the trees provide oxygen, reduce erosion and pollution of the plans. water while helping to reduce the effects of flooding in communities.
The tree planting exercise was organized by Ashan Tree, a reforestation NGO, in collaboration with the Atwima Traditional Council, as part of the River Run Indigenous Tree Planting Project (RRITP).
A total of 500 trees of various species have been planted around the banks of the Asuo Abenaa and Dwashen rivers in the community of Atwima.
Others have also been planted around the state-of-the-art market complex which is built by the chef for the residents of the community.
The move is part of Ashan Trees’ initiative to plant trees along all water bodies and wetlands in the region to help tackle climate change caused by greenhouse gases.
The tree planting is a project of Ashan Tree and the Atwima community, in collaboration with its sister town Murnau in Bavaria, Germany, and aims to raise awareness of the importance of trees and the need for all to plant and protect trees for the survival of mankind. .
It was piloted in 2020 with the planting of approximately 3,500 trees in the community.
Nana Agyei Brempong, said this new tree planting exercise was in honor of “Ashanti Warriors and Breathe”, a group of people from Murnau city who advocate for tree planting around the world.
He said the trees had been specially labeled with numbers to ensure easy identification and tracking by forestry officials and other stakeholders.
Nana Ageyi Brempong said the environment has been degraded for various purposes and more trees need to be planted to restore and protect the environment.
According to him, it would help protect the climate, increase the flow of water in rivers, protect aquatic life and improve biodiversity.
It would also help improve water quality by purifying them, adding that trees were very essential for human survival.
Nana Agyei Brempong said schoolchildren in the area would soon be engaged with the need to make tree planting their hobby and instill in them the habit of protecting the environment.
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