{"id":5396,"date":"2026-06-06T10:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T10:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uwrcc.gov.gh\/?p=5396"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:18:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:18:31","slug":"upper-west-region-plants-seeds-of-hope-on-world-environment-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uwrcc.gov.gh\/index.php\/upper-west-region-plants-seeds-of-hope-on-world-environment-day\/","title":{"rendered":"UPPER WEST REGION PLANTS SEEDS OF HOPE ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Upper West Regional Coordinating Council joined the nation on Friday, 6th June 2026, to commemorate the 2026 Tree for Life Restoration Initiative with a tree planting exercise at the University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (UBIDS), Wa \u2014 coinciding with World Environment Day, themed on climate change.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">A speech by Hon. Charles Lwanga Puozuing Esq., Upper West Regional Minister, was delivered on his behalf by Hajia Pognaa Fati Issaka Koray, Acting Chief Director of the Upper West Regional Coordinating Council.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;For us in the Upper West Region, tree planting is not simply an environmental activity \u2014 it is an investment in our survival, our economy, and the future generation yet unborn.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2014 Hon. Charles Lwanga Puozuing Esq., Upper West Regional Minister<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Under this year&#8217;s programme, the region is tasked to plant 50,000 seedlings for amenity purposes, distribute 30,000 seedlings through the Trees on Farms initiative, and restore 100 hectares of degraded forest land via the Youth Forest Champions programme.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The Minister urged all residents, institutions, and communities to not only plant trees but nurture them to maturity, while calling on the youth to become frontline ambassadors for environmental protection across the region.<\/p>\n<div class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz 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