Mr Michael Kwakuga Fianu, Assistant District Manager for the Forestry Commission's (FC) Sogakope-Denu Forest District, is pleased with the survival rate of trees planted last year.
He said that 84.5 percent of the trees planted during the initial Green Ghana Project in 2021 had survived and were flourishing.
Mr Fianu told the Ghana News Agency about this on Friday, when his organization led the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Heads of Departments in Ketu South, and the Police in planting seedlings to commemorate Green Ghana Day.
The crew spent the day in the Municipal Assembly, where they planted royal palm seedlings. At the Ketu Divisional Police Headquarters, royal palm and mango seedlings were planted.
This year, 2022, the FC official hoped for improved survival by planting saplings.
"This year in Ketu South, we're planning to plant 39,000-41,000 seedlings, including cassia and acacia," Mr Fianu added. We're satisfied with the survival rate of the trees planted last year, but with my organization's drive to develop and care for them, as well as favorable climatic circumstances, we expect a higher survival rate this year."
Mr Fianu revealed that the central nursery in Denu has enough seedlings to distribute to stakeholders, including Assembly members from all six parliamentary districts served by the office.
He singled out the Church of Pentecost as a group that had expressed strong interest in the Green Ghana Project, and urged others to join in order to achieve the project's goal of preserving and protecting the country's forest and vegetation cover for a balanced ecology, which is overseen by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources.
Mr Maxwell Koffie Lugudor, MCE for Ketu South, stated that the Assembly would help the plants develop by appointing persons to go around the Municipality monthly to monitor the situation, stating that they could not afford the negative consequences of climate change.
"Today we just commemorated the day. We'll be going over every weekend to plant additional seedlings. "Today's event was supposed to take place on Salakope Island, but due to the rains, we were unable to attend." We'll return for the tree-planting ceremony. In the Nogokpo region, we also have 30 acres of reclaimed ground where we hope to grow cassia, cashew, and coconut seedlings."
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