Ghanaians urged to sustain and strengthen tree planting and afforestation
Environmental experts in Ghana are calling for a national effort to restore forest cover to combat climate change. The initiative emphasizes that tree planting is a collective responsibility necessary to protect water bodies and maintain ecological balance.
Why it matters
Deforestation and environmental degradation pose direct threats to local water security and long-term climate resilience in West Africa.
Ghanaians have been urged to sustain and strengthen tree-planting efforts to help combat the growing effects of climate change.
Dr Owusu Fordjour Aidoo, an environmental expert, researcher and lecturer at the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD), said trees played a critical role in protecting the environment and called for renewed efforts to encourage individuals and communities to plant and protect trees.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), he said the continuous loss of forest cover through illegal mining, logging, bushfires and other human activities was contributing to environmental degradation and worsening the effects of climate change.
He explained that trees absorbed carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and released oxygen, making forests an important natural solution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
He therefore urged Ghanaians to see tree planting not only as a government responsibility but also as a collective duty requiring the participation of everyone.
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