The Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, John Allotey, has revealed that efforts to tackle illegal mining, particularly in forest reserves, are producing encouraging outcomes.
Speaking at the 27th Annual General Meeting of the Ghana Institute of Foresters in Kumasi, Mr. Allotey highlighted the impact of government interventions, including military deployments, which have significantly reduced illegal mining activities and their associated environmental damage.
The event, themed “Mining in Forest Reserves in Ghana: New Developments and the Way Forward,” brought together stakeholders to explore strategies for addressing the challenges posed by illegal mining in forested areas and safeguarding Ghana’s natural resources.
“I appreciate the measures that have been put in place so far by the President himself in terms of repealing LI 2462 and also asking the military to go out to make sure that we reduce the impact of illegal logging.
“We can all attest to the fact that those measures have taken a good trend in terms of reducing the impact of illegal logging and illegal mining in our forest reserves. But it is a continuous process. We continuously work at it. But as we speak today, the level of impact has gone down.”
