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Gov’t bans exportation of Rosewood

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  • Al Furqan 9 years ago

    I am amazed at the shear hypocrisy of NDC and John Mahama in particular. Whilst JM was labeling Akim Abuakwa as the seat of Galamsey in Ghana, the same illegal activity is being perpetrated with avarice in his own constituenc ...
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  • Peaceful foreigner 9 years ago

    Rosewood is precious and can be grown and harvested for the perfume industry. Ghana should invest in making essential oils. A ban will not work because at the moment Rosewood is extremely expensive and people will do whatev ...
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  • Dogg 9 years ago

    It is about time we protect and save our natural resources.

  • Nana Da Don 9 years ago

    also. He is exporting huge volumes of these wood. He cuts and packs them in containers at the sawmill in Ahinsan, in Kumasi.

  • CPT. SOWU 9 years ago

    This remind me of ban of round logs exportation some years ago where large quantities of round logs were left at the port and in the various forest to rot. InsteAd

  • Hugo 9 years ago

    ROSEWOOD is a very expensive wood for making expensive furniture in China so the Chinese are coercing Ghanaians to log & sell the wood cheaply for exporting to China to make he profits whilst leaving the environment depleted ...
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