BAN CHARCOAL PRODUCTION
A member of FWG, James Saaka, has called for a ban on commercial charcoal production in Ghana. This, according to him, is in order to save shea trees which are…
INVESTIGATE FORESTRY COMMISSION’S ALLEGATIONS
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INVESTIGATE FORESTRY COMMISSION’S ALLEGATIONS Accra, 4th February 2020. We read with absolute horror and regret a news story written by Jonas Nyabor titled, “Powerful people…
CIVIC RESPONSE TRAINS COMMUNITY FOREST MONITORS
Fifty (50) community representatives have been trained to undertake community level forest monitoring. The 3-days training which was organised by Civic Response in June 2019 in Accra aimed at building…
CIVIC RESPONSE ORGANISES LEGALITY AWARENESS TRAINING FOR FOREST-FRINGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
Thirty-five (35) forest-fringe community representatives have received legality awareness training in Accra. The 3-days training which was organised by Civic Response in June 2019 aimed at creating awareness among…
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF FOREST WATCH GHANA (FWG)
Preamble We members of Forest Watch Ghana (FWG), a coalition of 32 non-governmental organisations and individuals, having met at our Annual General Meeting (AGM) from 26th to 30th of March,…
Today is International Day of Biological Diversity
Today is the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) and the theme for this year’s celebration is “Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health.” It seeks to increase global awareness of…
PRESS RELEASE: INVESTIGATE GALAMSEY ALLEGATIONS AGAINST FC CEO
Forest Watch Ghana observes with great concern recent allegations about involvement of CEO of the Forestry Commission of Ghana, Mr. Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, in illegal…
DEFINE LEGAL COCOA – CHRIS BEEKO
Director for the Timber Validation Department of the Forestry Commission, Mr. Chris Beeko, has made a recommendation for definition of legal cocoa in Ghana. According to him, this was a…
GHANA LAUNCHES TIMBER TRANSPARENCY PORTAL
Civic Response, in collaboration with the Forestry Commission of Ghana, has launched the Ghana Timber Transparency Portal. The portal is a web interface which makes information on logging in Ghana…
GHANA LAUNCHES TIMBER TRANSPARENCY PORTAL
Ghana has launched the Ghana Timber Transparency Portal, a public portal that provides access to information on logging in Ghana. The portal can be accessed by all stakeholders both in…