The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, says 5,950,000 trees, representing 85 percent of seven million trees planted in 2021, survived.
The Ministry together with the Forestry Commission distributed seven million assorted tree seedlings across the country during the Green Ghana tree planting exercise on June 11 last year.
Ghana joins the world in commemorating the International Day of Forests set by the UN General Assembly on March 21, 2012.
This year’s commemoration is dubbed: “Forest and sustainable production and consumption.”
Mr Joseph Osiakwan, the Acting Technical Director responsible for Forestry at the Ministry, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, in line with the Day, said their field checks indicated that about 85 percent of the trees planted survived across the country.
“This is largely successful in the rainforest areas, where the rain pattern was good and some trees were replaced after three months of the planting exercise,” he said.
However, he said in the northern sector they might not have 85 percent survival because of the weather conditions and in most urban areas people may destroy the trees.
“But averagely if you combine high forest, urban and northern savannah, we are talking about the range of 85 percent,” Mr Osiakwan said.
Last year, the Mahogany trees were said to be the most planted species.
“This year’s commemoration of the day is fused with the Green Ghana Campaign scheduled to come off June 10,” the Ag Director revealed.
He said Government had targeted the planting of about 20 million trees from about 50 species within the timber, ornamental, wood fuel and other commercial species.
Source: GNA
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