Turn Atewa Forest Reserve into national park to protect it from galamsey – Awula Serwah urges gov’t

Coordinator of Eco-conscious citizen and environmental advocate, Awula Serwah, has called on government to upgrade the Atewa Forest Reserve into a national park to provide stronger legal protection against illegal mining activities."There’s also illegal mining going on in Atewa Forest Reserve, and therefore we are pleading with the government to turn Atewa Forest Reserve into a national park, because a national park has more protection than a forest reserve," she said."According to her, the current status of the forest reserve has not been enough to prevent illegal miners and other encroachers from degrading the area, which she described as a globally significant biodiversity hotspot.