World Environment Day: Stakeholders urge collaborative effort for sustainable ecosystem restoration

In honor of World Environment Day, Ghana’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is reaffirming its commitment to protect the environment.

Ghana's forests and urban areas face threats from illegal mining and wetland destruction. Insanitary practices are also on the rise.

The EPA promises to take strong action to safeguard health and ecosystems. Environmental activists urge better collaboration to restore Ghana’s ecosystems.

Rapid urbanization without proper planning threatens cities and human life. Filth and destruction of forests continue, worsened by climate change.

Dr. Jackson Adiyiah Nyantakyi, Ashanti Regional Director of the EPA, discussed their new mandate. He emphasized that the agency can act when environmental harm affects public health.

“The Environmental Protection Act allows us to advise local assemblies,” he explained. “If a project threatens public health or the environment, we will intervene.”

He spoke at the 2nd Biennial Media Forum on Natural Resources and Climate Change. This event was organized by MPEC, ASCIR, and Steminist Foundation Ghana.

The forum gathered media, academia, government, and industry stakeholders. They discussed how politics and science impact ecosystem restoration.

Prof. Mercy Afua Adutwumwaa Derkyi from UENR addressed the theme: “Ecosystem Restoration: The Politics, the Science, the Human, and the Economy.”

She highlighted that politics, science, economy, and humans must work together for sustainable restoration.

Mrs. Ama Kudom-Agyemang from MPEC stressed the media's critical role in this effort. She called it a catalyst for raising awareness about ecosystem restoration in Ghana.

The forum reinforced the need for inclusive and impactful environmental restoration efforts.