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Tamale, Ghana – Today is Greening Ghana Day in Ghana.
It is a day set aside by the government in 2021 to plant trees of different species every year in its bid to combat environmental degradation and climate change effects.
In 2021, the government through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and other allied institutions planted 10 million trees following the launch of the initiative. This year, the quantity of trees has been doubled to 20 million trees, an indication that the government is taking the initiative serious.
In line with the government’s objective to green all bare lands across the country, Walewale based Centre for Ecological Agriculture and Livelihood (CEAL) is also using the opportunity to launch its Eco School Project (ESP).
“ESP is an idea copied from elsewhere and modified to address challenges related to agriculture, climate change and environmental degradation”, Issifu Sulemana Jobila, Executive Director of CEAL revealed how he came about the ESP project.
According to him, the ESP project seeks to introduce and inculcate into the new generation (pupils in our basic schools at the earliest ages) the need to plant tress and also be the ambassadors of environmental protection.
The project, he said, also seeks to use different tree species to identify, demarcate and secure communities, basic schools, lands and properties.
Mr. Jobila said the project would also seek to use trees to decorate, protect infrastructure from storm damages, produce fruits for schoolchildren and to create a conducive environment so as to promote peaceful learning and teaching.
A total 5 basic schools are to benefit from the project. They are katabanawa School, Diyani School, Yawoku School, Tinguru School and Gbani School in five different communities.
Mr. Jobila said a total of 4,510 seedlings had been raised, distributed and planted today as part of the ESP-Project launch.
Prior to today, pupils of the five basic schools received training in tree planting to enable them plan, plant and protect the trees.
Species of trees planted include cashiew, acasia, mahogany and mango tree seedlings among others.
The project, which has many activities outlined for implementation is being done in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES), EPGL-Netherlands, Hansedel Foundation Kenya and the Forestry Commission (FC), an agency under the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources.
By SavannahNewsOnline.Com/Philip Liebs
