The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources is seeking for financial clearance from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning to recruit more than 450 forest guards to fill vacancies in the security department of the Forestry Commission (FC) to protect the forest reserves.<\/p>\n
The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Benito-Owusu-Bio, has said when clearance is granted, the ministry will begin the recruitment of the guards to protect the country\u2019s forest cover.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThere are forest reserves that you come across, and there are just three forestry officers; and a typical forest reserve can be from here to Winneba so if you have three persons taking care of it, then you might as well say they should all sleep. These are some of the challenges we have,\u201d he said in an interview with the GRAPHIC BUSINESS after the launch of a strategic plan and inauguration of a broad for Tropenbos Ghana (TBG). <\/p>\n
He said the absence of guards was aiding the increasing wave of forest and wildlife crimes, particularly illegal logging.
\u201cThere are a lot of our people at home so if you have more personnel, it will create employment and it\u2019s about time we fill the gap,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Forest protection
Forest and wildlife guards are often subjected to brutalities by illegal chainsaw and \u2018galamsey\u2019 operators.
Available data indicates that from February 2011 to March 2013, the commission lost 62 of its guards through such alleged brutalities out of 120 that were attacked, and vehicles belonging to the FC were vandalised.
The Executive Director of WACAM, Mrs Hannah Owusu-Koranteng, said it behoved the citizenry to ensure the sanity of the environment as captured in Article 41 k of the Constitution, especially when it comes to mining and environmental degradation.
\u201cWhether we like it or not, Ghana is for all of us and as citizens, we have a role to ensure that if problems are created we ensure that we do all that is within our power to clean the mess,\u201d she said.
She expressed concern about the situation where government granted companies licences to mine in protected forests, saying that if government will show commitment, then it should come from stopping some of these activities.
\u201cGalamsey is not just the digging and dumping of waste into water bodies, but irresponsible mining goes beyond that and to the extent that we don\u2019t open up the space for a national debate that may try to prescribe some solutions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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