General News of Wednesday, 25 February 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Forestry Commission has begun processes to establish military protection camps in forest reserves identified as hotspots for illegal mining and illegal timber activities. Dr Brown explained that delayed responses to verified intelligence informed the decision to establish the camps. Based on that, we decided to construct this camp so that we can have some military patrol in the forest reserves,” he said. We also need to put in place measures to get clearance for the staff who will be working there,” Dr Brown said. Currently, the Forestry Services Division manages Ghana’s 288 forest reserves, with forest guards serving as the first line of defence through routine monitoring.

Source: GhanaWeb February 25, 2026 18:26 UTC