03
May
The Forestry Commission has revealed that 34 out of 288 forest reserves in the country are currently under threat due to illegal mining activities known as ‘galamsey’. This comes at a time government’s fight against the menace has been questioned following a report put together by the former chairman of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on illegal mining, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, accusing government officials of engaging in the menace. The report by Prof. Frimpong-Baoteng raised concerns over permits given to mine in some forest reserves and buffers. Speaking at a press conference on the state of Ghana’s Forest Reserves, the CEO…