{"id":378415,"date":"2017-11-28T16:50:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T16:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=378415"},"modified":"2017-11-28T17:02:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T17:02:45","slug":"govt-to-halt-projects-on-sakumono-ramsar-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/govt-to-halt-projects-on-sakumono-ramsar-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t to halt projects on Sakumono Ramsar site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, says government will resort to the law courts to halt all projects on encroached portions of the Sakumono Ramsar Site.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-378413\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ramsar-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"832\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ramsar-7.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ramsar-7-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ramsar-7-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ramsar-7-1024x567.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The site used to be a habitat for fishes and other water creatures, as well as a stopover for migrating birds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-378426\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ramsar-site-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"873\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ramsar-site-3.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ramsar-site-3-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ramsar-site-3-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ramsar-site-3-1024x563.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It emerged during the Minister\u2019s tour today [Tuesday], that a large portion of the site has been encroached by private people.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-378408\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/993f1626-db86-41b8-b12d-286212f63d27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1052\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/993f1626-db86-41b8-b12d-286212f63d27.jpg 1052w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/993f1626-db86-41b8-b12d-286212f63d27-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/993f1626-db86-41b8-b12d-286212f63d27-768x424.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/993f1626-db86-41b8-b12d-286212f63d27-1024x566.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1052px) 100vw, 1052px\" \/>Mr. Amewu, who could not fathom what he saw, publicly reprimanded the Director of Operations of the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission, David Kpelle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-378409\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Amewu-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1040\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Amewu-1.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Amewu-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Amewu-1-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Amewu-1-1024x572.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_378412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-378412\" style=\"width: 1032px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-378412 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ramsar-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1032\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ramsar-6.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ramsar-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ramsar-6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ramsar-6-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1032px) 100vw, 1032px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-378412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Peter Amewu reprimanding the Director of Operations of Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission, David Kpelle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Kojo Agyeman\/ citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, says government will resort to the law courts to halt all projects on encroached portions of the Sakumono Ramsar Site. 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