Galamsey operations over the years have destroyed most of our agriculture lands, as well as polluted many water bodies in Ghana. This has subsequently led to water shortages in some…
Over the last two decades, companies in search of vast tracts of available land for agriculture, mining, and other uses have increasingly turned to rural Asia and Africa. From 2008…
Ghana’s forests and the people who depend on them face an illegal logging and mining epidemic. The country’s illegal exports of rosewood accounted for 10 percent of global trade in…
An international conference on Independent Forest Monitoring has been held in Accra by Civic Response. The two-day conference, which was attended by participants from government, civil society, the private sector,…
Large quantities of trees are harvested daily from Prakaw Forest Reserve to brew bitters, Salifu Baba Adams, a member of Forest Watch Ghana (FWG) has revealed. According to him, community…
Civic Response has launched its maiden project, Civil Society-led Independent Forest Monitoring in Ghana (CSIFM-Ghana). The project which is being implemented by Civic Response through FAO FLEGT PROGRAMME (with funding…
Sawmills have begun springing up near forest reserves in Goaso and Nkawie forest districts, a member of Forest Watch Ghana, Mr. Owusu Asare has stated. He disclosed this during Forest…
PRESS RELEASE MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS NANA ADDO DANQUAH AKUFO-ADDO – PRESIDENT-ELECT Accra, 20th December, 2016. Forest Watch Ghana (FWG), a civil society network of over 35 CSOs and individuals, extends…
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE 2014 NATIONAL FOREST FORUM HELD AT THE INSTITUTE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES, ACCRA FROM TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18 TO FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21, 2014, PREAMBLE…
A group of civil society organisations working in the forest and mining sector have called for punitive measures to be made part of Ghana’s VPA. Ghana and the European Union…