A year after Civic Response published a documentary on the Impact of APSD Plantation on Communities near Atebubu in the Bono East Region of Ghana, residents say they still suffer human rights abuses at the…
Ghanaian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the environmental sector have urged the European Commission not to re-tabled confiscated timber as a precondition for Ghana’s Voluntary Partnership Agreement(VPA) readiness. This was contained in a press release…
Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the environmental sector are urging the Government of Ghana to rescind its decision to cede portions of the Achimota forest reserve. President Akufo-Addo under Executive Instrument 144 has lifted…
Elvis Oppong-Mensah, a Programmes Officer with Civic Response has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to reconsider government’s latest decision on the Achimota Forest Reserve. While government has through Lands and Natural Resources Samuel…
When the United Kingdom (UK) finally seceded from the European Union (EU) on January 31, 2020, it was not just members of the EU who were concerned about the impacts of the move in the…
Ghana has for years remained a key exporter of timber. However, stakeholders have been struggling to deal with illegal felling of trees, which made timber exports from Ghana fall short of the European Union’s guidelines.…
Civic Response has resumed community visits following a long break due to COVID-19 restrictions. The community visits which took place in August 2021, had Civic Response visit 49 communities in 15 districts across the country.…
Civic Response organised a capacity update and lessons sharing workshop for community monitors and verifiers. The workshop which took place in October, 2021 in Accra, was attended by sixty-eight (68) community monitors and verifiers from…
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR) has instructed the Forestry Commission (FC) to stop the issuance of Special Permits for logging in Ghana’s forests. This was disclosed by Mr. Musah Abu-Juam, Technical Director…
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from VPA countries and their international partners in UK and Europe have called on the European Union to use the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Fitness Check to strengthen…