President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said Green Ghana Project, an aggressive tree planting exercise launched in 2021, has 31 million trees been planted in two years.
He explained that seven million of the trees were planted in the 2021, with 24 million being planted this year.
According to Nana Akufo-Addo, the Green Ghana Project demonstrated the country’s commitment to the implementation of climate actions, noting that more action was required to plant trees and take other measures to protect the environment.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who disclosed this when he addressed a forum at Ghana’s pavilion at the ongoing 27th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) in Egypt.
The Green Ghana Day was introduced in 2021, by H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo as part of an aggressive national afforestation/reforestation programme to restore the lost forest cover of Ghana and to contribute to the global effort to mitigate climate change.
The maiden edition was held on June 11 2021, where an estimated 7million tree seedlings were planted across the nation.
The 2022 edition of the Green Ghana Day was launched on 1st March, 2022 by the President of the Republic under the theme “Mobilizing for a Greener Future” with a target to plant at least 20 million tree seedlings on the 2022 Green Ghana Day – 10th June 2022.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/ Kofi Atakora
