Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has announced government plans to plant an additional 30 million trees from June this year as part of efforts to restore degraded forests and strengthen environmental sustainability measures across the country.
Delivering a major address at the 21st Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Minister said the initiative will commence with the onset of the rainy season and forms part of Ghana’s broader commitment to tackling deforestation and climate change.
According to him, the nationwide tree-planting exercise will build on ongoing reforestation interventions by the government to reverse the destruction of forest reserves, largely caused by illegal mining and other human activities.
“We are not stopping there. From June 2 this year, at the start of the rains and planting period, we will commence this year’s edition to plant an additional 30 million trees,” he stated.
Armah-Kofi Buah further indicated that the government is integrating tree planting into farming systems through the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme, which promotes climate-smart agriculture and sustainable land-use practices.
”In the last year alone, through our innovative flagship tree for life restoration initiative, we mobilised citizens and residents of Ghana to plant over 30 million trees.”
