Kwesi Pratt Jr, the Managing Editor of the Perception Newspaper
Kwesi Pratt Jr, the Managing Editor of the Perception Newspaper, has prompt executive to make use of a balanced coverage to give protection to the Achimota woodland which occurs to be the one carbon sink within the Larger Accra Area.Chatting with the hazards it poses to the lives of population of Accra on Pan African TV on March 22, 2025, he lamented the continued devastation of the Achimota woodland beneath the guise that homeowners of the land every so often way executive for positive preparations within the passion in their circle of relatives.“Now and again they’ll come and let us know that some circle of relatives owns it and that the circle of relatives is challenging it and so they’re going into some settlement with the circle of relatives. Let that circle of relatives move to hell! “As it’s our lives we’re speaking about. The lives of four million individuals are at stake. The lives of four million folks can’t be sacrificed for the so-called passion of the circle of relatives of that land which has grow to be the Achimota woodland,” he mentioned.He emphasised that successive governments for the reason that Nineteen Seventies have now not proven any dedication in protective the woodland reserve. “The entire of Accra has just one carbon sink, which is the Achimota Wooded area. From the Nineteen Seventies after I turned into mindful of the Achimota woodland, there hasn’t been any executive and I imply any executive that has observed the Achimota Wooded area for what it’s. I imply as a carbon sink; one thing which helps to keep us alive.“Now, in case you’re mindful of the effects of environmental degradation and so forth, you’ll now not be doing what executive after executive had been doing to the Achimota Wooded area”, he lamented.He indicated that the Achimota woodland, very similar to different herbal sources can best be secure if the state does now not see it as a useful resource to be exploited for personal benefit.“We should get this transparent. It’s only conceivable to give protection to the Achimota woodland if we see it as a belongings this is vital for the survival of over 4 million folks. If you happen to proceed to peer it as one thing that may be exploited for personal benefit you get it fallacious. “So, our minerals, our rivers and our forests and so forth must now not be exploited merely for personal earnings. It must be exploited somewhat in a balanced coverage which acknowledges that those are crucial for our are living for the standard of lives for over 32 million folks,” he added.VPO/EKWatch the most recent episode of Well being Center of attention under