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Police petitions Forestry Commission for lighting on Achimota-GIMPA road
The Accra region police has petitioned the Forestry Commission to provide lighting on the Achimota-GIMPA road to prevent the recurrence of criminal activities in...
Zoomlion, Forestry Commission plant over 600,000 trees in Accra
As part of the national tree planting exercise and to green the country, waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has partnered the Forestry Commission...
Forestry Commission to plant 5 million trees under Green Ghana project
JoyNews/AdomNews · Forestry Commission to plant 5 million trees
The Forestry Commission, through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has launched the Green Ghana...
3 farmers arrested as Forestry Commission destroys two acres of ‘weed plantation’
The Western North Regional Police Command and Forestry Commission, in a joint operation, have arrested three suspected 'weed' farmers.
The farmers had two acres of...
Juaboso-Bia Forestry Commission supplies desks to three districts
To reduce the infrastructural deficit in some public schools in the Western North Region, the Juaboso-Bia Forestry Commission has distributed 300 mono desks to...
Meet the new CEO of the Forestry Commission after demise of Sir John
The then Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Forestry Commission, J.M. Allotey, has been sworn in as the substantive Chief Executive of the...
Three fake Forestry Commission ‘staff’ remanded
The Amasaman Circuit Court has remanded three suspects into police custody for duping thousands of unsuspecting members of the public of varied amounts of...
Harmattan: Forestry Commission readies itself to tackle bush fires
Head of Corporate Affairs and Media Relations at the Forestry Commission, Joyce Ofori, has assured Ghanaians of the Commission’s readiness to combat rampant bush...
Angry Forestry Commission workers petition Finance Minister
About two hundred aggrieved workers of the Forestry Commission have petition to the Minister of Finance Ken Ofori Atta to pay monies owed...
Photos: Angry Forestry Commission workers bare teeth at govt over unpaid cash
Aggrieved workers of the Forestry Commission have embarked on a demonstration over unpaid allowances for the past five months.
In an interview with Adomonline.com on...
Forestry Commission bans hunting, capturing of wild animals
The Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission has announced a ban on hunting and capturing of wild animals, which is referred to as “Close...
Audio: No recruitment at Forestry Commission – Sir John
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (Sir John) says his outfit is not recruiting anyone at the Commission.
According...
Forestry Commission takes major step to make Mole World Heritage Site
The Forestry Commission has taken a major step towards the listing of Mole National Park, the largest national park in the country, as one...
Rejoinder: “Shady deals at Forestry Commission as staff receive bribes into private account”
Forestry Commission’s attention has been drawn to an Article in the media, which was published on 30th April, 2019 with above heading.
We want to...
Forestry Commission partners NDF to school timber businessmen
The Forestry Commission is assisting timber industries in Ghana to adhere to laid down regulations in the forestry supply chain.
According to the commission, many...
Forestry Commission to arm guards to the teeth- CEO
The Forestry Commission says it will deploy armed forest guards to ward off encroachers engaged in illegal mining as well as logging and lumbering...
Forestry Commission begins reclamation of degraded forest reserves
The Forestry Commission has begun reclaiming forest reserves degraded by activities of illegal miners.
Eight local firms are working on the program over 12 months...
‘Chinese galamseyers’ often released due to lack of interpreters – Forestry Commission
The Deputy Greater Accra Regional Manager of the Forestry Commission, George Agbenowoshi, has revealed that the courts often release Chinese nationals arrested for illegal...
218 illegal miners arrested – Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission has arrested 218 persons illegally mining in forest reserves across the country.
Out of the number, 24 have been prosecuted and jailed,...
2023 Green Ghana exceeds target with 11.5 million seedlings distributed so far – Forestry...
The 2023 Green Ghana Day witnessed some 11,530,672 seedlings distributed and planted across the country, thus, exceeding the 10 million target.
The Chief Executive Officer...
Sefwi Wiawso chief donates drones to Forestry Commission
The Sefwi Wiawso Paramount Chief, Okatakyire Kwasi Bumangama II, has donated two drone cameras to Sefwi Juaboso and Wiawso District Forestry Commission.
The chief explained...
Audio: Assin Adadientem chief bares teeth at Forestry Commission
The chief of Assin Adadientem in the Assin South district of the Central region, Nii Lantei Tuaka II has taken a swipe at the...
Parliament set to pass Boundary Commission Act
Lands and Forestry Committee Chairman of Parliament, Francis Manu-Adabor, has assured that the Boundary Commission Act will soon be passed by Parliament to enhance...
Bawumia commissions 124 homes in Appiatse reconstruction project
Two years after the unfortunate tragedy that ravaged Appiatse, a community in the Prestea-Huni Valley District of the Western Region, the Vice President, Dr...
Forest Commission raids illegal miners’ camp in Oda River Forest Reserve [Photos]
The Forestry Commission in Bekwai, Ashanti, has raided the camp of illegal miners who were mining in the night in the Oda River Forest...
Family of two brothers shot dead in clash involving Forestry officers speaks
Fauziatu Raman, a sister of two brothers who were killed in a clash involving community miners and forestry officers has broken silence on the...
Two shot dead, others injured after miners clash with Forestry officers
Two persons have been reportedly shot dead while two others have sustained injuries following an alleged clash between forestry officers and miners at Mfante...
Lands Commission to roll out $85m project
The Lands Commission will, beginning next year, partner a private company to roll out an $85-million project aimed at transforming land administration in the...
Lands Commission boss bows out of service
After 30 years of outstanding service, the Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, Surveyor James Ebo Dadson, has officially stepped down.
Mr Dadson has...
Over 100,000 people have HIV, unaware and are spreading it – Ghana AIDS commission
The Ghana Aids Commission has revealed that over 100,000 persons in the country are HIV carriers.
According to the Director General of the Commission, Dr...
Forestry guard who went missing in Sunyani found on refuse site at Nkawkaw
A Bono Regional Forestry Commission guard, Vitus Yuordong, who went missing in the Sunyani municipality, has been found at a refuse site at Nkawkaw-Asona...
No company has been licensed to prospect for minerals in Forest Reserves – Minerals...
The Minerals Commission has refuted allegations that the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor, has granted prospecting licences to some companies...
Lands Commission begins tracing state lands captured in Sir John’s will
The Lands Commission has officially commenced processes to trace the lands captured in the final will of the late Chief Executive of the Forestry...
Minerals Commission shakeup: CEO set to proceed on leave
As part of a major shakeup within agencies under the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry, Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Commission, Addae Antwi-Boasiako...
Minister orders probe into forestry officers aiding illegal logging
Forestry officials are suspected to be conniving with illegal loggers and other encroachers to destroy forest reserves in the Western Region.
Lands and Natural Resources...
Forestry taskforce winning battle against encroachers despite threats
Forestry officials in Sefwi Wiawso and Juaboso Districts are vowing to sustain their operation to clamp down on chainsaw operators and other encroachers of...
Joint military-forestry team attacked at Sankore
Some unidentified men on Thursday ambushed and attacked a combined team of military and forestry guards detailed to arrest illegal chainsaw operators in the...