Tag Archives: RESERVE

  The residents led by the youth of Amoaman, a community located within the Atwima Nwabiagya North district are peeved by the delayed execution of action by authorities against the ongoing encroachment of forest reserve situated around the Barekese Dam. Acres of forest land which years ago carpeted the water …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor, Dr. Ernest Addsion, has announced a reversal of the cash reserve ratio on local currency deposits for banks, raising it from 12 percent to 14 percent effective April 13 as part of measures aimed at addressing the mopping-up of excess liquidity in the market, The banking …

Tanzania’s president has said her country’s East African neighbours are facing a foreign currency reserve crisis. President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Tanzania had received requests to offer guarantees for their fuel imports. She made the remarks on Wednesday while discussing Tanzania’s economic footing. Quote Message: We have [foreign currency] reserves …

Samreboi Youth have served notice of their readiness to resist a planned resumption of operations on mining concessions in the Tano Nimri Forest Reserve. The youth at a press conference held on January 3, 2023 said they will oppose mining companies including Akonta Mining, a company belonging to Ashanti Regional …

Government has ordered the burning of structures and equipment belonging to Akonta Mining, a company owned by New Patriotic Party, NPP, Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Bosiako, alias Chairman Wontumi. Accra-based Joy News, in a report stated that their sources confirmed that the destruction of the properties took place on …

The Afram Plains North District office of the Forestry Commission of Ghana has arrested five suspects including a Senior High School teacher for farming cannabis in a forest reserve. Michael Anakpo, a teacher at Donkorkrom Agric Senior High School said to be the gang leader and his accomplices were arrested …

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 …

This new season of People & Places started with a tour at the fourth biggest forest and resource reserve in Ghana. The Shai Hills has served Ghanaians for 60 years, not only as a tourist site but as a place whose resources have greatly benefited the nation in numerous ways. …

The Forestry Commission Task Force has arrested ten persons for farming in the Afrensu Brouhuma Forest Reserve in Offinso in the Ashanti Region. The intruders have also built homes in what is supposed to be a virgin forest. Routine patrol by forest guards uncovered the illegal activity of the farmers. …