The Bono Regional Directorate of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has commenced the plantation of 1,000 tree species in some Basic Schools in the region.

According to Mrs. Fati Kine-Lam, the Bono Regional Director of the NADMO, the trees were being planted to restore the lost vegetative cover and help mitigate climate change impacts.

Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the side-lines of tree planting exercises at the SS Peter and Roman Catholic Paul Primary School at Odomase in the Sunyani West Municipality, she said the Forestry Commission supplied the directorate with the tree seedlings.

Mrs. Kine-Lam said the trees were also to serve as windbreaks and urged the beneficiaries to nurture the trees to obtain the optimum benefit.

She said: “Trees are very important aspects of human life as they give us shade, fresh air and protect our buildings.”

Mrs. Kine-Lam said the trees would be planted in some selected schools in the Tain, Banda, Berekum West, Dormaa East, Dormaa West Jaman North Districts as well as Jaman South, Dormaa Central, Wenchi and Berekum East Municipalities

Mr. Quansah Kofi Shoaib, the Headteacher of the school thanked the NADMO and pledged to ensure that the trees were nurtured and maintained.