National Arbor Day in the South-West: Around 866 plants will be planted.

The South-West region commemorated on Saturday June 29, 2024 the 6th edition of National Tree Day (JNA) in Gaoua, in the courtyard of the regional directorate of the national police of the region of the South-West.The South-West regional directorate of the national police hosted the delayed regional commemoration of National Arbor Day in the said region on Saturday June 29, 2024.This day marks the start of the reforestation campaign in the region.Around 866 plants of different species (Shea, Néré, Kaïcédrat) will be planted at the regional headquarters of the national police, according to Passolognaba Ismaël Rouamba, regional director in charge of the environment of the South-West.In addition to the regional police headquarters, trees will be planted at the dozos site in Bapla. He invited all stakeholders to make this activity a total success.For his part, the governor of the South-West region, Boureima Savadogo, called on the populations to be part of the dynamic of environmental protection, by gre ening their living environment. This is why he urged people to plant at least two trees by the end of the campaign but above all to maintain these trees.'Today's ceremony gives me feelings of hope regarding the restoration of plant cover and the recovery of degraded land, which remains one of the major challenges of the moment,' he said. A key element of ecosystems, the tree in Burkina Faso provides socio-economic and cultural functions, the governor's belief.This edition of the JNA was held on the theme: 'Tree, capital of resilience for endogenous development'. For Boureima Savadogo, this theme calls on populations to rethink and revisit the place of trees in priority programs. He also invited all the prefects of the region to take initiatives to create landscaping in each city.The representative of the regional director of the South-West national police, Chief Commissioner Fayama Hassane, also provincial director of the Poni national police, expressed his gratitude and that of his hierarchy to the Min istry of the Environment and the regional authorities for the choice made on their institution. He said he was confident and gave assurance regarding the maintenance of these plants.Source: Burkina Information Agency