GIF demands swift prosecution of attacks on Forestry Commission officers
The Ghana Institute of Foresters (GIF) has expressed concern over what it describes as the slow prosecution of persons implicated in the killings and attacks on Forestry Commission officers in the line of duty. The Institute says the apparent lack of visible progress in some of the cases risks creating a culture of impunity and could encourage further attacks on forestry personnel. Its concerns follow a series of reported incidents involving attacks, injuries, intimidation, armed confrontations and destruction of Forestry Commission property, including the recent killing of a Senior Park Ranger at the Kakum Forest Reserve in the Central Region.