The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has launched the One Student, One Tree project.
The initiative forms part of the 2024 Green Ghana Project and his 25th-anniversary celebration as Okyenhene.
The initiative has targeted Ghanaian students, especially those in senior high schools.
The project, which will begin tomorrow, June 7, 2024, will require that each student plant and nurture a tree.
The traditional ruler also launched the One Million Seedling Project, aimed at planting one million seedlings within Akyem Abuakwa State.
This project is a personal initiative of the Okyenhene, with support from the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources.
Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, emphasised at the launch the importance of conservation and the need to protect the environment.
He admonished the students to be guardians of the forest and learn about the importance of conservation.
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Samuel Abu Jinapor, commended the Okyenhene for his conservationist ideology and bold decision to champion environmental conservation over the last 25 years.
This year’s Green Ghana Day is themed “Growing for a Greener Tomorrow.”.
Meanwhile, the Minister has also revealed that the 2022 edition witnessed the highest number of planted trees—24 million.
He said a remarkable 30 million of the three are thriving at different growth stages.
He added that of the 10.7 million trees planted during the 2023 edition, 81% of the trees planted are surviving, which is the highest survival rate among all the editions.
“In the maiden edition, we targeted five million trees. With your support, over seven million trees were planted. In 2022, we raised our ambition to at least twenty million trees. Again, you supported us, and over twenty-four million trees were planted. Last year, you once again supported us in planting over ten million seven hundred thousand trees, bringing the total number of trees planted over the years to in excess of 41 million.
“So far, the Field Assessment Report shows that, on average, we had a sixty-seven percent survival rate in 2021, seventy-two percent in 2022, and eighty-one percent in 2023. This means that we have some thirty million trees surviving to date, and our task continues to be to nurture them to full maturity,” he said.
The minister added that over 10 million trees have been targeted to be planted this year.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
