Northern Savannah Zone to benefit from Green Climate Fund

 


Forests in the Northern Savannah zone will soon return to a state of normalcy as The Green Climate Fund(GCF) has approved $54.4 million to curb issues of deforestation and forest degradation in the zone.

When completed, the project is expected to restore 200,000 hectares of off-reserve savanna forests and 300,000 hectares of degraded shea parklands. It will also aid in establishing 25,500 hectares of forest plantations in forest reserves which have been severely degraded.

The project dubbed “Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project” will further promote investments in the Shea Value Chain and support the livelihoods of over 500,000 people in Northern Ghana.

With technical support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the project will be implemented by Ghana’s Forestry Commission. Mr. John M. Allotey, Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, is optimistic the project will propel Ghana’s Forestry Sector to a great milestone.

“I welcome this great milestone in Ghana’s Forestry Sector in the deployment of programmes and projects that reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, build ecosystem resilience and also enhance the lives of communities that nurture the forests” he said.

ABOUT THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND

GCF is an establishment by 194 governments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries and help vulnerable societies adapt to the unavoidable impacts of climate change.

Source:environmentalprissues.blogspot.com

 

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