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 from European Union, the Swedish…
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 Watch Ghana’s 2016 3rd General…
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 sincere congratulations to you on…
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 One hundred and sixty-seven (167)…
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 signed the Voluntary Partnership Agreement…
The Coordinator of Center or Environmental Impact Analysis, Samuel Obiri, has called on civil society organisations to join in the campaign against government’s plan to resort to coal-fired power plant to resolve Ghana’s energy crisis.…
A group of civil society organisations has called on the President and the National Security Council to take urgent steps to halt mining in forest reserves. The group made up of WACAM, Forest Watch Ghana,…