General News of Wednesday, 15 September 2021Source: GNAA traditional ruler has urged the government to continue with the afforestation programme to help restore the country’s degraded forest to save the lives of the present and future generations. The tree planting exercise was organized by Ashan Tree, an NGO in afforestation, in collaboration with the Atwima Traditional Council, under the River Run Indigenous Tree Planting Project (RRITP). Nana Agyei Brempong, said this new tree planting exercise was in honour of ‘Ashanti Warriors and Breathe’ a group of people in the city of Murnau, who are championing tree planting around the world. This he said would help protect the climate, increase the amount of water flow in the rivers, protect aquatic lives and improve biodiversity. It would also help improve water quality by purifying them, adding that trees were very essential for the survival of humans.
