Government urged to enforce illegal chainsaw law.

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https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRmRsCw_mb5swmLU0N2_ea0S102h1at6D_qojIPCE7Uw6ym0BgUBwThe Programs Director for Tropenbos International Ghana, Mr. Samuel Nketia, is advocating for the review of the existing forestry laws and policies to ensure sanity in the industry.

He said, although, illegal chainsaw activities which had been prohibited by the Timber Resource Management Regulations has been a livelihood support for many Ghanaians but has adversely affected the Country.

He was speaking at the presentation of some items to the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana at Fumesua where he attributed the cause of the intense hot weather currently in the country to illegal chainsaw operation and urged practitioners to use the right channel in their activities in order to preserve our forest.

The items which worth GHC 100,000.00 include a Toyota Pick-up, two chainsaw and computers were handed to the Forestry Research institute at Fumesua for participating in the Chainsaw Milling project which was funded by the European Union E/U to help curb elegal chainsaw menace.

On his part, Dr. Daniel Ofori, Director for Forestry Research Institute of Ghana FORIG, who received the items on behalf of his team, commended the Tropenbos International and called on all and sundry to support in the effort to maintain our Forest.

He bemoaned the informal activities which which has been degrading our environment.

“Activities such as illegal chainsaw operation, small scale mining and deforestation have been defacing our environment. Our Water bodies are being destroyed by such informal activities which need to be addressed to save our environment” He said.   

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