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Pernod Ricard, AROCHA plant trees to reclaim degraded illegal mining land

Pernod Ricard in partnership with AROCHA Ghana has planted 1800 plant seedlings to reclaim degraded illegal mining lands at the Adensua Stream near the Atiwa Forest in Kyebi.

In restoring biodiversity near Adensua Stream, the staff members at Pernod Ricard, a global producer of alcoholic beverages, in partnership with AROCHA Ghana have embarked on tree planting to reclaim the forest cover at Adensua Stream at the Atiwa Forest in the Eastern Region.

The company has taken it upon themselves as part of their corporate social responsibility projects to initiate what they call “Responsible Day”.

The Responsible Day is an initiative under the company’s CSR where the company embark on series of projects to help promote and protect the environment and everything that has to do with nature.

Eunice Osei Bonsu, the Sustainability and Preservative Director at Pernod Ricard, stated that the initiative is to promote and protect the environment from the contamination of illegal mining, which is destroying the natural state of land.

She added that the company is determined to help nurture the affected land at the Adensua stream by filling the land with trees so it can pick up to its original state as a healthy green forest.

“The targeted number of trees to be planted is 2,400 and so far, we have completed 1,800 trees on the land. We will complete the rest in the coming days,” she said.

The Conservation and Research Development officer at AROCHA Ghana, Mr. Ransford Kofi Agyei, said the land around the Adensua stream is a 12-acre land in total, in which 9 acres have been occupied with the new seedlings of trees being planted by the team.

He said “the remaining 3-acres will be cleared and prepared for the completion of the tree planting on the land in the coming days.

He added that four different species of traditional plant seedlings were being used in the tree planting to fill the land been acclaimed for restoration. These seedlings are Mahogany (Khaya Avorancis), Maxonia Digitata, Ofram (Termelia Suberba) and Emere.

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