Forest communities across Ghana received only GH¢4.8 million out of GH¢6.8 billion in Social Responsibility Agreement (SRA) payments due them between 2020 and 2025, with no explanation yet provided for the huge gap recorded on…
There are growing calls for the Forestry Commission (FC) of Ghana to increase the Social Responsibility Agreement paid to forest fringe communities from the current 5% to 20%. This came to light during Civic Responses'…
Civic Response has trained four hundred and eighty-eight (488) community forest monitors to use the recently developed Ghana Natural Resource Monitoring (GhNRM) mobile application to report forest infractions. The training, which took place in November…
Ghana is poised to be the first African country to issue Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licences, with June 30, 2025, set as the starting date. The move is a significant step in…
The Forest Watch Ghana (FWG), a coalition of over 40 civil society organisations (CSOs) and individuals in the forestry sector, has called on the government to ratify the 137 remaining extant permits and leases for…
A landmark lawsuit has been filed at the Accra High Court against government to protect the country's forest reserves from the devastating effects of mining. The lawsuit, announced Friday, September 20, 2024, at a press…
The Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Alliance for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities for Conservation in Africa (AICA), Malidadi Langa, has emphasised the importance of incorporating the perspectives of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and…
The Alliance for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities for Conservation in Africa (AICA), have met in Accra to mobilize efforts of actors in protecting and conserving forests in Africa. The three-day meeting was funded by…
Five Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have served notice to proceed to court next week if the government does not annul its contracts with some companies to log and mine in Globally Significant Biodiversity Areas (GSBAs)…
Civil Society-led Independent Forest Monitoring platform members have undergone training in a newly developed indigenous application that will be used for real time monitoring of Ghana’s forests. The training which took place in Accra in…