Forestry Commission

Redeploy Military To Support Galamsey Fight In Forest Reserves — Forestry Commission
10 Jan

Redeploy Military To Support Galamsey Fight In Forest Reserves — Forestry Commission

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The Forestry Commission has called for the immediate redeployment of the military to help halt illegal mining and other destructive activities in forest reserves across the country. The commission said the withdrawal of the military from the fight against galamsey in forest reserves since 2022 had emboldened illegal miners to wreak havoc on forest reserves with impunity. The Executive Director of the Forestry Services Division (FSD) of the commission, Hugh Brown, who made the call, said although the internal forest guards had done their best to protect the forest reserves from destruction by illegal miners and loggers, they were constrained…
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Forestry Commission Nabs Chief, 9 Others – For Illegal Mining
05 Dec

Forestry Commission Nabs Chief, 9 Others – For Illegal Mining

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The Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) from the Rapid Response Unit (RRU) of the Forestry Commission has arrested 10 people for illegally mining in the  Manse portion of the Anhwiaso East Forest Reserve in the Western North Region. Those arrested on the dawn of November 29, included the chief of Manse, Nana Kwame Sobre II. They were arrested during a swoop at the Manse side of the Anhwiaso East Forest Reserve near Diaso in the Bibiani Forest District of the Western North Region. The RRTs also immobilised two excavators and two heavy-duty generator plants found at the illegal mining site. Suspects…
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Mfante Killing: Mankranso Forestry Commission Office Remains Shut In Fear Of Reprisal Attacks
14 Nov

Mfante Killing: Mankranso Forestry Commission Office Remains Shut In Fear Of Reprisal Attacks

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Three days after two brothers were allegedly shot and killed by a Forestry Commission taskforce at a community mining site in Mfante, the divisional office of the Commission at Mankranso remains shut. The youth of Pokukrom in the Ahafo Ano South-East District and the family of the two murdered brothers have issued a four-day ultimatum, threatening retaliation if justice is not served. A saddened mother and a sister are left in excruciating pain. Wails continue to emanate from the home of Abdul Samed Razak, 35, and Hashmil Usman, 25, after the two were allegedly shot dead by a security taskforce…
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If You Violate The Ban On Hunting Wildlife, You Will Be Prosecuted – Commission
18 Aug

If You Violate The Ban On Hunting Wildlife, You Will Be Prosecuted – Commission

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The Forestry Commission’s Wildlife Division has placed a four-month ban on hunting, catching, and killing wild animals in the country’s forests. The yearly hunting prohibition for all wild species, except the grasscutter, which can be hunted under licence, will extend from 1 August to 1 December this year, in accordance with the Wildlife Conservation Regulation, 1971 (L.I. 685). Speaking to our reporter Kwabena Manu, the Protected Area Manager of Digya National Park Atebubu Amantin Game and Wildlife Manager Mr.Eric Attah Kusi stated that the purpose is to provide relief for wild animals such as dikers, royal antelopes, and boars (bush…
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Lands Minister To Answer For Exemption Of Lands Commission Surveyors From Boundary Commission Board
11 May

Lands Minister To Answer For Exemption Of Lands Commission Surveyors From Boundary Commission Board

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The Ghana Boundary Commission and the Minister responsible for Lands and Natural Resources are expected to appear before Parliament’s Select Committee on Lands and Forestry when parliament resumes sitting. The invitation is for the two to provide answers on the exclusion of the Surveying and Mapping Division of the Lands Commission from the governing board of the Ghana Boundary Commission. Chairperson of Parliament’s Select Committee on Lands and Forestry, Francis Manu-Adabor, has observed that the decision to exclude the state institution mandated to oversee land management in the country is inappropriate and insists on their inclusion. He spoke to the…
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Ashanti Region Must Give NPP Over 2 Million Votes In 2024- Charles Owusu
25 Aug

Ashanti Region Must Give NPP Over 2 Million Votes In 2024- Charles Owusu

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A former Head of Monitoring Unit at the Forestry Commission, Charles Owusu is calling on the people of Ashanti region to give the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over 2 million votes in the 2024 general elections. “Ashanti region has to give the NPP over 2 million votes”, he said as he listed some of the projects President Akufo-Addo’s government has undertaken in the region. In his view, the government of President Akufo-Addo has done more good to Ashanti region than any government can boast of. “Akufo-Addo has done a lot for the region. If Mahama built schools, Akufo-Addo has done…
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Forestry Commission Bans Killing Of Wild Animals
21 Jul

Forestry Commission Bans Killing Of Wild Animals

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Forestry Commission Bans Killing Of Wild Animals The Forestry Commission has banned persons from killing and capturing wild animals effective 1st August 2021 to 1st December, 2021. The Public Relations Officer (PRO), for the Commission announced this in an interview on Wontumi TV/Radio. She said, "the animals are the nation's culture and heritage so therefore they need to be protected." She emphasized that, the only animal that people can kill or catch in that period is grasscutter. But she was quick to say that, a person needs to secure license before he can kill the grasscutter. "Let us protect the…
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Zoomlion, Forestry Commission Plant over 600,000 Trees In Greater Accra
11 Jun

Zoomlion, Forestry Commission Plant over 600,000 Trees In Greater Accra

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As part of the national tree planting exercise and to green the country, waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has partnered the Forestry Commission to plant over 600,000 trees in the Greater Accra Region. The exercise, which is being replicated in the remaining fifteen (15) regions of the country, kicked off on Friday, June 11, 2021,with Zoomlion workers planting trees in front of the Army Headquarters Amenity Centre Mess opposite the Jubilee House, the seat of government. The Zoomlion General Manager, Greater Accra Region, Mr Ernest Morgan Acquah, who made this disclosure while speaking to journalists, said his outfit considered…
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