The Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria has donated a total of 5,000 tree seedlings to Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, and established a 3.3-hectare plantation on the institution’s campus as part of efforts to promote afforestation and combat climate change.
The latest intervention saw FRIN donate 3,500 tree seedlings, complementing the 1,500 seedlings earlier provided to the university in 2025, according to a statement by the media aide to the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of FRIN, Idara Umoh-Ido.
The statement said the initiative aligned with the vision of the Director-General, Prof Zacharia Yaduma, whose administration has intensified afforestation programmes aimed at restoring degraded landscapes, conserving biodiversity and mitigating the effects of climate change across the country.
The donated seedlings comprise four economically important tree species of Khaya senegalensis, Terminalia superba, Gmelina arborea and Tectona grandis, which have been planted across the university campus.
According to the statement, the combined
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