A Non Governmental Organisation(NGO) Green Fortland Foundation (GFF) has on Friday, March 3, 2019 embarked on an advocacy campaign ‘Environmental Forum’ at Prestea Enyinam in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality.
On the theme “For the sake of your health, be mindful the Environment”, aimed for Environmental Sustainability in the country especially Western and and regions.
Speaking to the media, the CEO, Ebenezer Yiwo touched on global warming, climate change and the recent rate of health complication as a result of poor state of the environment.
He emphasised and explained Flora and human interdependency.
He said, “floral pattern is very essential to the survival of Homo sapien and must be inculcalted in community designs”.
He added that, gases such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, Chlorofloro carbons and the likes are harzardous to our health but unfortunately keeps increasing in the system by human activities leading to Green House Effect, Global warming and climate change.
He advised that as a developing nation, the cheaper way to remedy the situation is to plant more trees since they absorb for both their respiration and photosynthesis, therefore, it is very crucial to preserve plants, and re-cultivate the ones that have been destroyed by human activities.
Mr. Yiwo took his time to explain the Calvin-Benson Cycle and the Krebb’s cycle and its significance on human and animal survival.
He noted that, “it will be necessary to plant a tree or shrub on your compound because it has lots of significance”.
The Assembly Member for Prestea Enyinam, Mr. Ayepah bemoaned the “excessive galamsey activities ongoing at Prestea Enyinam Forest and appealed to Green Fortland Foundation to take the issue up since all steps he has take has not yielded any positive results”.
Ebenezer Oko Barimah, who was the Chairman of the occasion stated, “in the past, you wouldn’t see people weeding around water bodies, but today, our Chiefs have sold all the land close to the water bodies, and this is having a great impact on out waters”.
He added that, “noise pollution is a major problem in Prestea Huni-Valley, and this must stop”.
He advised participants of the programme to preach tree planting and good sanitation to keep Prestea Enyinam in particular and Prestea Huni-Valley in general clean.
By: Hamida Shawwal/awakenewsonline.com