The Regional Forestry Office in Kerewan, North Bank Region (NBR), recently held series of sensitization meetings with village alkalolus of Memmeh of Jokadu, Chilla, Jurunku, Saami, Sika, Lamin, Albreda, Pakau Saloum and Pakau Bah and Kasewa of Upper Nuimi Districts on the need to protect the forest from destruction.
Speaking in Upper Nuimi and Jokadu sites, the Regional Forestry Officer for North Bank, Saikou Kaddy Sonko, said that his department is concerned about the temporal ban on the use of chainsaw and green felling and appealed for concerted efforts to protect and preserve the virgin forests. He also appealed to the communities to allocate more lands for the concept of community forestry, as a means of contributing to the reduction of illegal logging..
Sonko solicited the support of district chiefs, alkalolu, Village Development Committees and security forces to support his department in its drive to ensure that the ban on illegal logging is enforced.
The alkalo of Nuimi Sika, Alhaji Sheriff Sonko, commended regional forestry office for bringing them together to discuss the evils of illegal logging in their areas and assured the forestry department of their commitment to work with them to implement the Forest Act, as well as calling on owners of chainsaws to respect the temporal ban on deforestation.
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