Environment

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has described as worrying the alarming rate at which the vegetative cover meant to conserve the Barekese Dam is being destroyed.

The Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District Assembly and the Mando Senior High School (MANSEC) on Friday jointly planted more than 1,000 assorted tree seedlings in the school to mark the Green Ghana Day.

The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has cautioned that many coastal communities in the Central Region risked being washed away by sea waves due to increasing sand winning activities usually carried...

The Institute of Nature and Environmental Conservation (INEC) Ghana has planted over 2,000 tree seedlings of ‘Ofram’ (terminalia) in the Asenanyo Forest Reserve in the Atwima-Mponua District of Ashanti Region.

Dr Richard Gyimah, Director of Stakeholders and Ecotourism, Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission, has encouraged Ghanaians to love plants and nurture them to make human life whole and secure.

Madam Frema Osei Opare, Chief of Staff of the Office of the President, has joined the people of Achiaman, near Amasaman, to plant trees to commemorate the Green Ghana Day. 

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor,  has underscored the need to plant trees since a matured tree could provide oxygen up to 10 persons annually.

The Ketu South Municipal Assembly has planted trees to secure the municipality’s One District One Factory (1D1F) project land at Akame.

The Central Regional Forest Services Division of the Forestry Commission (FC) has invaded degraded forests in the Region to plant trees as part of its restoration drive.

Ms Mary Kubualor, Tema Metro Horticulture Officer said that 60 percent of seedlings planted during the 2021 tree planting exercise within the Tema Metropolis have survived.