Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources has revealed that the destruction of forest reserves by illegal miners is equivalent to 7,500 football fields.
He claims that thirty hectares, or more than forty-four forest reserves, had been destroyed.
In the Ashanti area, he stated measures are being done to secure the green field during a tour of the Offin Shelter Belt at Anwiafutu to observe the destruction of the forest.
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