GhanaStar
  • News
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Music
No Result
View All Result
GhanaStar
  • News
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Music
No Result
View All Result
GhanaStar
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Gov’t Initiates Measures To Curb Deforestation

June 15, 2017
in News
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources on Thursday expressed government’s commitment to institute measures to reverse the ascendancy of forest degradation to ensure sustainable cocoa production.

You Might Also Like

Why Ghana and Nigeria Were Not Invited to the Russia-Africa Summit

Two People Arrested in Connection with Death of X-Rated American IG Model, Tyger Booty

Ghana’s Parliament Erupts into Chaos as NDC MP whisks away Speaker’s seat

He said the Government would adopt holistic and multifaceted approaches in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders to reduce the rate of deforestation.

The Minister mentioned some measures as the promotion of sustainable mining and reclamation of degraded mined-out landscapes, policy reviews, promotion of the use of legal timber among other things to regain the forest cover.

Mr Amewu gave the assurance at the First Roundtable Conference on Cocoa and Forests Initiatives being facilitated by the World Cocoa Foundation and IDH in Accra.

The objective of the conference was to solicit stakeholders inputs into a Framework of Action to reverse environmental degradation and restore the forest cover as well as ensuring sustainable cocoa production.

The Minister of Lands noted that major private and public sector players had pledged to present a joint framework of Action to end deforestation and forest degradation in the cocoa sector for Ghana and Cote d’lvoire.

The framework of Action, he said, would be presented at the Climate Change Conference of Parties 23 (COP 23) in Bonn in November this year.

The commitment to reversing deforestation stemmed from the recent declaration made by the major players in the cocoa industry in collaboration with the governments of the two countries convened by the Prince of Wales International Sustainability Unit, World Cocoa Foundation and IDH as well as 12 global front-running companies that signed a collective statement of intent to commit to working together to end cocoa-related deforestation, he said.

According to him, the framework would be developed and approved by private and public sector actors, producers and civil society organisations, which would be a guide for other cocoa-producing countries across the globe to adopt the same approach to their own context and realities.

Mr Amewu noted that it required innovative techniques and approaches to reverse forest lost adding that countries that continued to sit on the fence or procrastinate in taking action would have themselves to blame.

“In the light of this, it is pertinent for us to make conscious efforts to change the face of agriculture, especially the cocoa sector dominated by forestland converted to arable farming in the country.

“I see the imitative as complementary and I strongly believe that it will enhance existing policies, programmes and projects of government that seek to reduce forest and degradation, “he explained.

The Minister said cocoa was the backbone of the country’s economy and raked in high revenue to the State and government would therefore resist unsustainable practices would affect the income of the country.

He said there was the need to ensure that cocoa farmers used sustainable environmental practices that protected the forest.

He said his Ministry would continue to support plantation, agro forestry and work to ensure that those who helped in nurturing them got direct benefits.

Join GhanaStar.com to receive daily email alerts of breaking news in Ghana. GhanaStar.com is your source for all Ghana News. Get the latest Ghana news, breaking news, sports, politics, entertainment and more about Ghana, Africa and beyond.

(Via: Ghana/Accra News)

Tags: accraAftermath of warBiologyCivil societyDeforestationenvironmentForest certificationForest conservationForest governanceForest pathologyForestryghanaIDHJohn Peter AmewuministerNatural environmentprinceSustainabilitySustainable forest managementsustainable miningWales International Sustainability UnitWorld Cocoa Foundation

Related News

Why Ghana and Nigeria Were Not Invited to the Russia-Africa Summit

Why Ghana and Nigeria Were Not Invited to the Russia-Africa Summit

by ghanastar
July 28, 2023
0

The Russia-Africa summit, which took place in St. Petersburg in July 2023, was notable for the absence of two of...

Two People Arrested in Connection with Death of X-Rated American IG Model, Tyger Booty

Two People Arrested in Connection with Death of X-Rated American IG Model, Tyger Booty

by ghanastar
January 2, 2022
0

The Ghana Police Service has announced the arrest of two persons in connection with the death of Julie Diane Williams,...

Ghana’s Parliament Erupts into Chaos as NDC MP whisks away Speaker’s seat

Ghana’s Parliament Erupts into Chaos as NDC MP whisks away Speaker’s seat

by ghanastar
December 1, 2021
0

Ghana's Paliament on Wednesday erupted into chaos with minority and majority members shoving and pushing each other. The heated confrontation...

Cedi records highest depreciation against dollar in 36 weeks

Cedi records highest depreciation against dollar in 36 weeks

by ghanastar
December 1, 2021
0

The local currency is back into free-fall mode against its major counterpart trading currency, the US dollar, as it records...

Next Post

Ghana Wins Rights To Host 2021 FIG Working Week

A-G Wants Further Probe Into 'Delta Force' Case

Categories

  • Africa & World
  • African Music Lyrics Directory
  • Business
  • Business Directory
  • celebrities
  • Computing
  • Diaspora
  • Entertainment
  • Events
  • Feature
  • Featured
  • Ghana Elections 2016
  • Headlines
  • Health
  • International
  • Internet
  • Jobs
  • lifestyle
  • Music
  • News
  • Offbeat
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • Profiles
  • Religion
  • Security
  • Seth Terkper
  • Smart Home
  • Social Networks
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Top Stories
  • World News

Tags

accra addo africa Association football Banks - NEC business Business_Finance chairman Donald Trump economy education Entertainment_Culture environment Geography of Africa ghana Ghanaian people government Government of Ghana Human Interest John Dramani Mahama john mahama Law_Crime mahama minister MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election Nana Addo Nana Addo Dankwa Nana Akufo-Addo National Democratic Congress National Democratic Congress (NDC) New Patriotic Party New Patriotic Party (NPP) nigeria politics Politics of Ghana president Social Issues Social Media Social Media & Networking sports United Kingdom United Nations United States Vice President War_Conflict

Recent Posts

  • Government of Ghana Unveils Official Portraits of President John Dramani Mahama and Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang
  • Who Is the Woman (Sheena Gakpe) in Sarkodie’s Latest Hit “No Sir” and Why Everyone Is Talking about It
List of Ghana Holidays for 2020
Ghana Geocoding
Ghana Cedis Exchange API
Ghana Maps Service
Toyota Cars Auto Auction History
  • African Music Lyrics Directory
  • Business Directory
  • Diaspora
  • Top Stories

All rights reserved © 2021 GhanaStar.com

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Music

All rights reserved © 2021 GhanaStar.com