The Eastern regional Monitoring team of the Forestry Commission has arrested 29 foreign nationals who have invaded the Atiwa Forest reserve to engage in illegal mining. The suspects, believed to be from Mali and Niger, have been in the forest reserve for over two months now and use sophisticated equipment to detect and mine gold illegally, causing … Read more
Twenty-nine suspected illegal miners of various nationalities have been arrested in the Atiwa Rain Forest Reserve. They were rounded up Thursday evening by a team of Forestry Commission officers and the Rapid Task Force made up of security personnel in the Atiwa District of the Eastern Region. The suspected illegal miners have been handed over … Read more
At this point, it makes sense to perhaps humbly ask God to take charge of the steering, since we have lost control over the galamsey [Illegal mining] menace as a country. Three ancient forest reserves; so ancient such that only few of us living today saw their beginnings, have been invaded by illegal miners, taking … Read more
The Forestry Commission (FC) has begun the implementation of a wood tracking system in 17 out of the 46 forest districts to track wood supply from origin to final point of sale, as well as curb illegal logging. The rollout of the project is expected to cover the remaining forest districts by the first quarter … Read more
A mining company C&G Aleska, has sued Adom FM, a radio station under the Multimedia Group and one of its presenters Blessed Godsbrain Smart over alleged defamatory comments made on his show. According to a writ seen by citifmonline.com, C&G Aleska decided to take legal action after some defamatory remarks were made by someone claiming … Read more
A mining company C&G Aleska, has sued Adom FM, a radio station under the Multimedia Group and one of its presenters Blessed Godsbrain Smart over alleged defamatory comments made on his show. According to a writ seen by citifmonline.com, C&G Aleska decided to take legal action after some defamatory remarks were made by someone claiming … Read more
Yesterday, the 9th of November 2016, Hon Nii Osah Mills, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources launched a very important document, titled “The Economics of the Atewa Forest Range”. The report is the first pioneering Economics for Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) Report for Ghana. The study which was made possible by the support of the … Read more
Yesterday, the 9th of November 2016, Hon Nii Osah Mills, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources launched a very important document, titled “The Economics of the Atewa Forest Range”. The report is the first pioneering Economics for Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) Report for Ghana. The study which was made possible by the support of the … Read more
It is less than 30 days to the elections and as it is expected the political climate in Ghana is highly charged. There are both excitements and emotions throughout the country as almost everyone is getting involved. The reasons for the excitement and emotions are not farfetched. As one would-be voter told me: ‘It is … Read more
Youth of Zongoire, Binaba and Kusanaba in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region have given the Forestry Commission, the Ghana Police Service and the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) a two-week ultimatum to stop the indiscriminate depleting of the Savanna area. Accoring to them, there a depletion of the Savanna as a result … Read more
Here is a typical example of Mahama’s incompetence Given President Mahama’s enthusiastic devotion to dishonouring promises, some of us were somehow on point to doubt President Mahama on his promise to bring to a halt the activities of foreign illegal miners (See: “We’ll deal with foreigners in ‘galamsey’ – President Mahama”; Ghanaian Times/Ghanaweb.com 13/02/2013). If … Read more
Given President Mahama’s enthusiastic devotion for dishonouring promises, some of us were somehow on point to doubt President Mahama on his promise to bring to a halt the activities of foreign illegal miners (See: “We’ll deal with foreigners in ‘galamsey’ – President Mahama”; Ghanaian Times/Ghanaweb.com 13/02/2013). If you may recall, sometime in February 2013, President … Read more
Environment Minister Mahama Ayariga has vowed to put pressure on law enforcement agencies to clamp down on illegal mining (galamsey), which is responsible for causing an irreparable damage to the environment. The Minister was confident that no matter how widespread the problem is, galamsey can be tackled through ‘simple’ law enforcement. Government was at the … Read more
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), under its five year project to mitigate the effects of climate change in the country’s cocoa landscape, has in the past two years supplied 800,000 economic tree seedlings to more than 6,000 farmers in growing areas of the cash crop. The project named the “Environment Sustainability and Policy for … Read more
A study on the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, shows that the establishment of a national park is estimated to yield $5.8 million a year based on a comparison with other natural areas in the country. The study revealed that from the analysed ecosystem services provided by the Atewa range, non-timber and timber products provide the … Read more