{"id":136408,"date":"2024-01-03T16:51:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T16:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/03\/illegal-miner-invades-tano-anwia-forest-reserve-destroys-lands\/"},"modified":"2024-01-03T16:51:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T16:51:12","slug":"illegal-miner-invades-tano-anwia-forest-reserve-destroys-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/03\/illegal-miner-invades-tano-anwia-forest-reserve-destroys-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal miner invades Tano-Anwia Forest Reserve, destroys lands \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>An illegal miner has invaded the Tano-Anwia forest reserve, a key biodiversity area of international significance, destroying more than seven football fields of the protected forest in the Western Region.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JoyNews<\/strong>\u00a0enquiries reveal the Enchi District of the Forestry Commission knew about the mining activity months earlier but failed to act or trigger the necessary protocols to stop the illegality.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Illegal-mining-3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10032439584\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The degraded site is worse compared to what Akonta mining\u2019s illegal invasion did to the Tano-Nimri reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Luv FM\u2019s Erastus Asare Donkor was the in Tano-Anwia forest reserve and filed this report.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"SW8N9otxAiE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Illegal miner invades Tano-Anwia Forest Reserve, destroys lands\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SW8N9otxAiE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An illegal miner has invaded the Tano-Anwia forest reserve, a key biodiversity area of international significance, destroying more than seven football fields of the protected forest in the Western Region. 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