Forest Watch Ghana Calls for Ratification of Remaining Permits

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…

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5 CSOs to Drag Gov’t to Court Over Breach of Biodiversity Laws

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)…

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Civic Response Trains CSOs to Use Newly Developed Forest Monitoring Application

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…

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CSOs Petition Akufo Addo and Parliament to Revoke Controversial L.I. 2462

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has petitioned President Akufo Addo and the Speaker of Parliament to revoke “Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Regulation L.I 2462, which according to them offends provisions in…

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Increasing the Farmgate Price of Cocoa Alone not Enough- Cocoa Farmers

Some cocoa farmers in the Western North Region are worried about the increasing cost of farm inputs and agrochemicals.  This, according to them, will render the historic farm gate price of cocoa government announced not…

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