As the world observes the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) under the theme "Harmony with Nature and Sustainable Development," Ghanaian environmentalist Daryl Bosu, Deputy Director at A Rocha Ghana, is issuing an urgent wake-up call: "Repeal LI 2462 now, or we risk losing our forests and our future." Bosu's message underscores the gravity of Ghana's biodiversity crisis.

While global frameworks like the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) push nations toward sustainability by 2030, Bosu warns that Ghana's current policies are moving in the opposite direction. "We are watching our forests, wetlands, and rivers die in silence.

If Parliament does not revoke LI 2462, we are on a fast track to ecological collapse," Bosu said in a statement marking IDB 2025.

At the center of Bosu's concern is Legislative Instrument 2462 (LI 2462), a controversial law that grants access to mining in all of Ghana's forest reserves.