[ad_1] The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Forestry Commission are pleased to announce that an impressive 13,875,286 seedlings has been distributed nationwide on the 2024 Green Ghana Day. This achievement was revealed by the Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, Mr. John Allotey, during a post-event press briefing held at the…
[ad_1] The Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the Forestry Commission, Sulemana Nyadia Nelson, has expressed concern over the safety of staff manning Ghana’s forests, particularly those in mining communities. He made these remarks during the National House of Chiefs meeting with liaison officers at various institutions held last Wednesday, January 31, in Kumasi. Sulemana revealed…
[ad_1] The Executive Director of the Forest Services Division, Hugh C. Brown, says the Forestry Commission is not adequately resourced to fight illegal mining, popularly known as ‘galamsey’ in the country. This, he explained, is because of the presence of armed groups on the grounds who are prepared to engage the Forestry Commission’s task forces in gun battles….
[ad_1] The Rapid Response Unit of the Forestry Commission conducted an operation on Wednesday, 29th November, 2023 in the Anwiaso East Forest Reserve, at Manse, near Diaso in the Bibiani Forest District in the Western North Region. The operation was to flush out illegal miners who had entered the reserve with heavy machinery and were…
[ad_1] 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…
