The Government Director of the Centre for Plant Medication Analysis, Dr. Kofi Bobi Barimah, has urged Ghanaians to preserve the nation’s forest cowl in the direction of preserving plant biodiversity.
“That is important for the meals safety and well being of the nation whereas preserving our heritage of conventional medication,” he mentioned.
He mentioned this when he joined the Omanhene of Okuapeman, Oseadeeyo Kwasi Akuffo III, the Municipal Chief Government of Akuapem South, Barimah Asiedu Larbi Sarpong, and different dignitaries to plant a medicinal tree on behalf of the Centre for Plant Medication Analysis at Akropong as a part of Inexperienced Ghana Day.
The Greening Ghana initiative, led by the Forestry Fee, goals to encourage Ghanaians to plant extra timber to protect and shield Ghana’s forest cowl and the atmosphere.
By the way, the Centre for Plant Medication Analysis had additionally launched into an identical initiative to reintroduce some important medicinal vegetation, that are vulnerable to extinction.
Dr Barimah sowed Mahogany seedlings with different dignitaries, who planted number of seedlings together with mango, carcia and citrus.
He additionally led the workers of the Centre to plant a whole lot of seedlings of varied vegetation donated by the Forestry Fee and suggested workers on the necessity to follow re-afforestation.
“Timber are important for the well-being of our planet, particularly for people, and to us, as a analysis centre, timber are very important to the work we do,” he mentioned.
Dr Barimah charged the workers to take duty in nurturing the newly planted seedlings.
“These seedlings are fragile, therefore, I counsel that we check out them often and work to protect our forest cowl for later generations and humanity at giant. I hope that our time devoted to this exercise right now bears fruits sooner or later,” he mentioned.
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