The Executive Director of Visionary Buluk Organization Ernest Alaazy has urged the youth to take an initiative to sustain the environment and mitigate the impact of climate change by not just planting a tree but sustaining one.
He observed, trees in the Sandema area in the Builsa North Municipality and the Upper East at large had reduced the impact of perennial flooding arguing that without the trees, the level of devastating would have been huge.
The call follows a comment by the Sandema Naab Azagsuk Azantinlow, Paramount Chief of Builsa Traditional Area in the Upper East Region, asking the residents to protect all trees, especially economic trees in the area. He reminded the natives of the Builsa Traditional Area of the protective role of trees during the slave raids of Babatu and his men in ancient years. Naab Azantinlow said this in a speech read on his behalf at this year’s Feok festival held on the theme:
“Sustainability of Economic Trees, Way Forward to Development in Buluk.” Meanwhile, Madam Vida Akantagriween Anaab, the Builsa North Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), emphasized the need for residents of Buluk to protect economic trees in the area to reap the numerous benefits that come with it.
She said the area was blessed with economic trees, including shea trees, baobab, dawadawa, and acacia trees, amongst others and added that “Beyond this, I urge all inhabitants to plant more trees, especially the already listed economic trees.”
According to her, the global market value of Shea butter continued to increase due to consumer awareness about its natural and organic products. Ghana is the largest producer of raw Shea butter in Africa with exports reaching US$90 million in 2020. The MCE noted that the beneficiaries in the economic tree industry were usually women, and the profits they made significantly improved their livelihoods.
Mr. Alaazy reiterated that most of the trees in the Buluk jurisdiction are economic and cash crops that need to be preserved rather than cut down in the name of development. Touching on interventions by Visionary Buluk Organization related to climate change, he noted that the organization donated and planted trees at Alam Primary and JHS in the Builsa North District. VBO planted trees at the ongoing nursing training school in Sandema in the Builsa North.
He further disclosed that Visionary Buluk Organization also planted trees at the Builsa South District Assembly and also advocated strongly against the cutting down of trees especially the proposed cutting down of all the trees leading to the Sandema Market for road construction.
Visionary Buluk Organization is a Non Profit, Non-Governmental Organization based in Ghana in Sub-Saharan Africa and with our offices in Fumbisi, Builsa South with Objectives including but not limited to ensuring social protection for the vulnerable especially women and children, people with disability, deprived communities.
It also supervises youth and women empowerment through climate-resilient agriculture, skill training, advocacy while fighting climate change through tree planting and reforestation.
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