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Topic Reading-Vol.3359-6/22/2021
Dear MEL Topic Readers,
‘Action time’: Ghanaians plant 5m trees to fight forest depletion
It is a good start to plant new trees to make up for the loss of the forests. The Republic of Ghana is a small country in West Africa with a population of around 30 million. It envisions becoming the first African developed country by the end of this decade and a newly industrialized country in the following decade. The mineral-rich, especially the gold, country has been mining the ground that was once green forest. In fact, it has lost around the four-fifths of the rainforest in the last century. Informal small gold mining activities and lack of attention to the environmental benefits seem to have caused such massive deforestation. Now, the country has initiated a new drive to regenerate the rainforest by distributing five million free seedlings to people at all levels across the country, including the president. Whether the five million seedlings were an adequate quantity to revive some of the lost rainforests remains to be seen, but it is at least a good move to make everyone become conscious about their valued rainforest.
At any rate, planting trees is just the beginning. Growing and nurturing them is the next step. Then, enjoying environmental and economic benefits will make the project and effort sustainable for the future.
Enjoy reading the article about an African nation’s attempt to revive rainforest.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/11/ghana-plants-5-million-trees-to-battle-forest-depletion
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