Business News of Wednesday, 21 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The Forestry Commission has announced the ban of wild animals• The 4-month period starts from August 1 to December 1, 2021• The closed season is a period used to revive the biodiversity of the countryThe Forestry Commission has stated that from Sunday, August 1, 2021, activities involving the hunting of wild animals must cease. The annual ban on hunting, capturing, and destroying of wild animals known as ‘Close Season’ will be a 4-month period and expected to end on December 1, 2021. “During this period, it shall be illegal for anybody to hunt, capture or destroy any wild animal except grasscutter (Akrantie), which can be done only under License issued by the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission,” a statement from the Forestry Commission read. According to the Forestry Commission, environmental degradation activities like illegal mining, encroachment, unbridled hunting, are the reasons Ghana is losing its wealth of biodiversity. Below is the full statement by the Forestry Commission:

Source: GhanaWeb July 21, 2021 13:07 UTC