I’ve never authorised sale of lands within Sakumor Ramsar Site – Nungua Mantse

The Paramount Chief said he had never authorised the sale of any land or signed any document on the sale of land within the Sakumo Ramsar Site, stressing that he remained committed to supporting the Forestry Commission and other state authorities to protect the internationally significant wetland and reap its ecological benefits.

The engagement, which was spearheaded by the Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, Dr Hugh Brown, formed part of ongoing efforts to strengthen collaboration between the commission and traditional authorities in the Sakumo catchment area to safeguard the ecological integrity of the Sakumo Ramsar Site and address the growing threat of encroachment.

Ghana became a signatory to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in 1988, which placed the Sakumo Ramsar Site under the protection and management of the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission in 1999, making the Sakumo Ramsar Site a protected wetland of global ecological importance.