Five Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are praying an Accra high court to restrain the Lands Ministry and Forestry Commission from proceeding with plans to declassify globally significant biodiversity areas.
The CSOs are seeking a perpetual injunction to prevent any transactions, contracts, or undertakings that grant commercial timber rights in these areas.
The organization's primary concern is the unlawful issuance of Timber Utilisation Contracts without Parliamentary ratification.
The organisations are; Arocha Ghana, Tropenbos Ghana, Nature and Development Foundation, Civic Response and Ecocare Ghana.