A Rocha Ghana files injunction against Lands Minister to protect biodiversity areas

A Rocha Ghana has filed an interlocutory injunction against the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor, seeking to prevent the declassification of Globally Significant Biodiversity Areas (GSBAs) for logging.

The suit, filed on October 10, requests a court order to halt any contracts granting commercial timber rights in these areas and to declare the issuance of Timber Utilization Contracts without Parliamentary ratification as unlawful.

This action follows A Rocha Ghana's collaboration with six civil society organizations in September to address illegal mining in forest reserves.