Mr Tawiah told the GNA that resource mobilization was crucial to help developing countries to protect its biodiversity.
“They exploit our forests for timber, gold and diamond to develop their countries and even sell some of the end product to us at a higher cost. We need that money to solve our environmental issues,” he said.
Mr Tawiah said mining companies destroying valuable biodiversity resource only pay a token as royalties and taxes and called for a ban on mining and felling of timber.
He said the country could survive and better manage its affairs without the contribution of these companies.
Mr Appiah said he wondered why humanity continued to degrade the forest despite the many benefits people derive from it.
Mr Appiah said the current deforestation, pollution of rivers bodies, hunting with chemicals, indiscriminate bush burning and illegal mining, if not checked, could turn the nation’s land to desert.
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