Confiscated timber yields 192 million cedis

Kade (Eastern Region) 5th July '99

District Forestry Department in the Eastern Region realised 192.2 million cedis from the sale of confiscated timber logs and beams from illegal timber operators last year.

Within the same period 50 chainsaw, machines were seized, Mr Hugh C. A. Brown, District Forestry Officer announced at a press briefing at Kade.

Mr Brown said as a result of the intensification of patrols by Forest Guards, the timber task force and co-operation from the communities, illegal felling of timber in the district has gone down drastically.

He said the department gave out more than 100,000 seedlings of trees of different species to individuals and organisations to plant.