The District Manager of the Forest Services Division in Nkawie, Abraham Essel says no arrests have been made so far in connection with the attack on its officer.The victim, a member of the Rapid Response Team of the Forestry Commission was attacked by unidentified armed persons in the Offin Shelter belt Reserve in the Ashanti

The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus has been confirmed on sub-Antarctic Marion Island, raising concerns over its impact on local wildlife.The Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment announced that samples collected between September and December 2024 were transported back to mainland South Africa via the SA Agulhas II last month. Polymerase chain

0Three palm oil companies in Indonesian Borneo, including subsidiaries of the country’s top deforesting firm in 2023, continue to clear protected peatlands and forests despite having their permits revoked.Despite also holding Indonesia’s sustainable palm oil certification, the ISPO, the companies have been found draining peatlands, deforesting, and expanding plantations in violation of environmental laws.The companies

FAE has rolled out its new line of RQL/HY forestry mulchers, available in widths of 66, 75 or 84 inches for 10- to 15-metric-ton wheeled excavators. Designed to control vegetation, manage wildlife habitats and maintain commercial parks and sports fields, the RQL/HY-125, RQL/HY-150 and RQL/HY-175 can shred grass, shrubs and trees up to 6 inches

Indonesian Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni has appointed seemingly unqualified members of his political party to a key program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, raising concerns over political favoritism and lack of climate expertise.The program is largely funded by Norway and the U.K., with critics warning that donor money is being misused for political appointments

The police in the Oshikoto region and members of the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism have found the boy (12) who went missing for five days in the Etosha National Park. The boy reportedly went missing from the Ekume area on 23 February and was found on 28 February. According to acting regional commander

Almost two and a half times the annual timber harvest in the State was felled in Storm Éowyn, satellite imagery reveals. Some 23,600 hectares (230.6sq km) of forestry has been destroyed, according to Department of Agriculture preliminary estimates, though the figure could be as high as 30,000 hectares. The department has used the European Space

Indonesia’s largest environmental group, Walhi, has filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office, accusing 47 companies in the palm oil, mining and forestry sectors of corruption and environmental destruction, allegedly causing 437 trillion rupiah ($26.5 billion) in state losses.Walhi identified 18 forms of corruption, including government officials altering forest status to legalize deforestation, granting

Wu Guangrong feeds chickens at the ecological park in Longli County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, March 11, 2025. Wu Guangrong, born in Fangxiang Township of Guizhou Province, has been engaged in the landscaping industry for many years since he graduated from a forestry vocational school in 2001.With a special affection for forestry, he contracted a

After promptings from JoyNews, the Forestry Commission has apprehended a group that continued mining in the Tano Anwia Forest Reserve in the Western Region. The group had evaded a recent military and Rapid Response raid on illegal mining camps in the forest and persisted in their activities. In total, three Chinese miners operating excavators and