Tag: Forestry Commission
Asanteman pays tribute to “Sir John”
Tributes are pouring from across the length and breadth of Ashanti, the home region of Mr Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as “Sir John”,...
Commission inaugurates committee to protect natural resources
The Forestry Commission has formed and inaugurated a Community Resource Management Area (CREMA) committee in Tumu in the Sissala East Municipality to ensure efficient...
BULKAWE CREMA Executive Committee commissioned in Sandema
The Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission (FC) has commissioned a seven member Executive Committee at Sandema in the Builsa North District of the...
AERC Ghana and partners commemorates World Environmental Day 2020
The Alliance for Empowering Rural Communities and partners, have pledged their contribution to the protection of nature, awareness raising and support to communities in...
Forestry Commission investigates four for alleged elephant poaching
The Forestry Commission is investigating four persons at Vamboi in the Sisala East Municipality for allegedly poaching an elephant.
The four are said to have...
Police arrest three in Forestry Commission recruitment scam
The Achimota police have arrested three persons for allegedly collecting money from unsuspecting job seekers under the guise of facilitating their recruitment into the...
Liaison Group donates GHC180,000 and Protective Equipment to six hospitals
The Liaison Group, a joint regulatory institution which monitors mining in forest reserves, has donated an amount of GHC180,000 and various items to six...
Forestry Commission donates GH?200,000.00 to KATH
The Forestry Commission (FC) has presented a cheque for GHC200,000 to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana’s second largest referral...
Group tasks Forestry Commission to protect water bodies, forests
An environmental civil society group has called on Mr. Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, the Chief Executive Forestry Commission, to protect Ghana’s forests and waters for...
Forestry Commission, stakeholders to celebrate International Day of Forests in May
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources in collaboration with the Forestry Commission and other stakeholders will celebrate the International Day of Forests on...
NGO to train 1,000 farmers on the African Teak conservation
A total of 1,000 farmers in the country are set to receive capacity building training on the conservation of the African Teak, an...
Youth Demands transfer of Forestry Commission staff
Some angry Sissala Youth have barricaded the offices of the Forestry Commission in Tumu demanding the immediate transfer of the staff for their alleged...
Furniture deficits to be resolved before end of 2020 – DCE
Dr Christopher Boatbil, the Talensi District Chief Executive (DCE), has given the assurance that all basic schools in the district would receive...
Illegal tree cutting offenders punished
Mr. Henry Kudiabor, the Assin Central District Manager of the Forestry Commission has dismissed claims that offenders who cut down trees illegally amidst other...
Anti-bushfire taskforce equipped to combat destructive fires in Ho
An anti-bushfire taskforce has been formed in Ho to help check the occurrence of destructive fires in the Municipality.
The Municipal Anti-bushfire Task Force, under...
Ghana’s Endangered Wildlife Species Multiplying
Ghana's efforts to conserve its wildlife species are fruitful, the country's chief forester said here on Friday.
Kwadwo Owusu-Afriyie, chief executive officer...
Greenland Resources to build US$2.5 billion pulp business complex in Ghana
A Swedish firm Greenland Resources has announced its intention here on Monday to build a 2.5 billion US dollars pulp business complex including a...
Farmer loses 77.5 acres of maize farm in forest reserve
About 77.5 acres of maize farm has been destroyed in the Chai and Asukawkwa forest reserves by guards and the Rapid Response Unit of...
FC develops framework for the use of Savannah woodlands
The Forestry Commission (FC), has developed a comprehensive regulatory framework to ensure the sustainable management and use of Savannah woodlands.
Dr Kwakye Ameyaw, Technical Advisor...
Civic Response, Resource Trust assist Ghana to regulate forest sector
Civic Response in collaboration with Resource Trust, both natural resource and environmental NGOs, have started a process to gather data on the forest sector...
Six persons granted bail for illegal felling of trees
Six persons who unlawfully entered a forest reserve and illegal felled trees, have been granted a GHC50,000.00 bail with two sureties each, by the...
Driver gets fined for allegedly threatening someone
A 45-year-old driver who threatened to kill a staff of the Nkawie Forest Services Division (FSD) of the Forestry Commission (FC), has been fined...
Forestry Commission will Maintain Education on Forest conservation
The Forestry Commission will embark on sustained educational programmes to create awareness on the importance of the forests to the survival of mankind.
Mr Kwadwo...
Forestry Commission Starts Counting Mole Park Animals
The Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission has begun an exercise to count all animals in the Mole National Park as part of efforts...
Ghana’s reforestation program will improve sustainable water delivery
Ghana is set to reap multiple benefits from the reforestation program currently underway in the country, an official stated here on Tuesday.
Chief Executive Officer...
Forestry Commission and CEIEC Sign Agreement on Forest Resource
The Forestry Commission and China National Electronics Import & Export Corporation (CEIEC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen their cooperation in...
Forestry Commission Debunks “Galamsey” Allegations Against Its CEO
The Management of Forestry Commission has said in a statement signed by Mrs. Joyce Ofori Kwafo, the Corporate Affairs & Media Relations Manager and...
Forestry Commission Supports Pantang Hospital
The Forestry Commission Ladies Association on Tuesday donated assorted items to Pantang Hospital as part of its 5th anniversary celebration.
The items valued at...
Forestry Commission agrees on conserving the Western Sitatunga
The Government, through the Wildlife Division (WD) of the Forestry Commission has signed an agreement with three other entities in an effort towards the...
Ghana gov’t joins stakeholders to solve Sakumono Ramsar site’s encroachment
Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources has said that the Ministry in collaboration with public and private stakeholders will...