Tag Archives: Forest

It has emerged that some members of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, have already acquired some portions of the Achimota forest lands even before the government returns the peripherals of the forest to its custodial owners, identified as the Owoo family. Page 5 of the Last Will and testament …

A former Operations Manager at the Forestry Commission Charles Owusu has dared the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources to make public the names of persons who have been given lands at the Achimota Forest. “When we explain now, most people will not understand so I will give you an …

Dr. Donald Agumenu, an aide to late President Jerry John Rawlings, has stated that one of the wishes of the late former President was to use ashes from his cremated body to nourish the Achimota Forest Reserve and in the end help preserve the ecological sustainability of the green belt in …

The Osu Traditional Council is contesting the release of 136 acres of peripheral portions of the Achimota Forest Reserve to the Owoo family, who claim to be the allodial owners of the land. Nii O.T. Ankrah, a spokesperson of the Osu Stool, said on Angel FM’s Anopa Bofo Morning Show …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has under Executive Instrument (E.I) 144, declared that five parcels of lands of the Achimota Forest should no longer serve as ecological forest. The parcels of land, totaling 361.50 acres, which lie at Achimota-Accra in the Greater Accra region, ceased to be a forest reserve …

The Forestry Commission, through its surveillance task force, has arrested 55 illegal miners in the Atewa Forest Reserve over the last six months. Madam Joyce Ofori Kwafo, Head, Corporate Affairs and Media Relations, Forestry Commission, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said a total of 15 different operations …

Forest reserves in the Bono and Bono East Regions are suffering degradation due to the evasion of Fulani herdsmen. The Forestry Commission has over 20 forest reserves in the regions but majority have witnessed some degrees of degradation. According to reports, herdsmen from Burkina Faso and Mali use unapproved roots …

Tens of thousands of cattle have virtually taken over five out of the seven forest reserves within the Sunyani forest district, contrary to Forest Protection ACT 1974, (ACT 243) as amended by the Forest Protection ACT, 2002 (ACT 624). Per the ACT, it is completely illegal for any domestic animal …

The Ghana Police Service has said that its officers in the Upper East Region have shot and killed a suspected robber during a shootout at Nyariga Forest, near Bolgatanga. According to the Police, the suspected robbers, three in number, were engaged by its officers on patrol, in a shootout, after intelligence gathered …

Ghana since 2019 has lost over 39,400 hectares of forest due to activities of cocoa production, this has been disclosed by global advocacy organisation, Mighty Earth in its latest report. The report dubbed ‘Sweet Nothings’ raises concerns on how cocoa is still driving the destruction of protected areas in cocoa-growing …