llegal mining: Akufo-Addo petitioned over NPP bigwigs’ involvement
Residents of Akyem Hemang in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern region have petitioned President Akufo-Addo over elements in the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) engaging in illegal mining and logging of economic trees in the area.Ghana Web, 16 July 2019
Ghana, Timber, Illegal logging Hotline Documentary: When the last tree dies...
Farmers across the country are lamenting climate change is destroying their livelihoods and making it difficult for them to feed their families. Driven mainly by deforestation, the changing climate is causing the rains to fall less in communities. And when it falls, it’s usually so heavy it triggers flooding. And the weather pattern has become unpredictable.My Joy Online , 26 June 2019
Ghana, Timber, Illegal logging Government urged to rescue Kalakpa Resources Reserve from destruction
The Ghana Wildlife Society (GWS), the Kalakpa Club and the Abutia Development Union have jointly called on the government to take actions towards ending the 'illegality' happening in the Kalakpa Resources Reserve.Ghana News Agency, 20 June 2019
Ghana, Timber, wildlife, Kalakpa Resources Reserve, Illegal logging How illegal rosewood logging thrived despite government ban
In late 2013, former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Inusah Fuseini addressed a media briefing to announce government’s ban on the harvesting and export of the endangered tree species, rosewood.Ghana Web, 08 June 2019
Ghana, Timber, Illegal logging, rosewood, Pterocarpus erinaceus