Forestry Commission to embark on ‘trees on farm’ project

The Bono regional office of the Forestry Commission will embark on a ‘trees on farm’ project aimed at raising 450,000 tree seedlings for distribution to farmers, schools, and individuals in support of the Green Ghana Project.

Mr. Isaac Noble Eshun, Bono Regional Manager of the Forest Service Division who disclosed this expressed the hope that the project would encourage Ghanaians to plant more trees to preserve and protect the country’s forest cover and the environment.

"This initiative is to augment the government’s intention of planting more trees in the country to restore the forest reserves depleted by human activities, as well as encourage farmers, schools, and individuals to plant more tree seedlings in the region," the Bono Regional Manager of the Forest Service Division said.

The Regional manager stressed that the current climate crisis is seen as a form of war and as such creative projects like the Green Ghana Project offered a unique opportunity to reconcile humanity with nature through restoration.

He said the Division had taken the data of every individual who came for the seedlings, adding that "this would help in tracking to know the seedlings are put to good use."

Mr Eshun was speaking at the official commencement of the Green Ghana project on Friday, June 11 at the forecourt of the University of Energy and Natural Resources UENR.

Present were Madam Justina Owusu Banahene, Bono Regional Minister, Professor Elvis Asare Bediako, Vice-Chancellor of UENR, and other stakeholders.

The Regional Minister gave assurance to draw up a program to sustain the Green Ghana Project in the region and urged all Ghanaians irrespective of political affiliation to see the Green Ghana Day as a unique opportunity to secure the future of our children and generations unborn.

The Vice-Chancellor said the University has raised 27,000 seedlings to support the Green Ghana Project.