Green Ghana Day is a greenwashing agenda by the government- Daryl Bosu

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As part of the effort to protect the forest reserves in the country, a Non-Environmental Organization, A Rocha Ghana has called on the government to stop granting permits to enter the forest reserves for mining.

According to the A Rocha Ghana, the Minerals Commission must revoke L.I. 2462 which will accelerate the destruction of the highly depleted forest estates.

Speaking at a press conference in Accra, the Deputy Director of A Rocha Ghana, Daryl Bosu called on the Minerals Commission to immediately revoke all mining licenses in the forest reserves, beginning with those granted to irresponsible companies.

According to him, Ghana’s forests provide critical ecosystem services and such as, clean water to support the health and welfare of all Ghanaians, especially rural communities whose environmental rights are being completely ignored.

Mr. Bosu added that forests must be fully protected from all mining, both government-licensed and galamsey, otherwise, their integrity and capacity to support life will soon be gone.

He reiterated that Government’s Green Ghana Day can plant 500 billion trees every year, but it can never bring back Ghana’s old-growth forests.

He emphasized that until the government takes active steps to secure all forest reserves, Green Ghana Day will continue to be a greenwashing agenda by the government to distract all of us from their terrible record of securing forests and biodiversity in Ghana.

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