"No compensation for farms destroyed by elephants" | General news

As the rainy season continues and the forest reserves in the Upper East region become greener, elephants from neighboring Burkina Faso began migrating through the Eastern Corridor of the region's wildlife to Togo. , looking for food.

This is an annual event and when these elephants move along the Nabdam-Talensi-Bawku West corridor, they destroy farms in forest reserves, leading to misunderstandings between farmers and wildlife officials who follow them to protect them from damage.

The Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission has warned farmers to refrain from farming in forest reserves.

According to the Regional Director of the Forestry Commission of the Forestry Commission in the Upper East East, there was no law on compensation of farmers whose farms are destroyed by wild animals including elephants crossing forest reserves and, therefore, warning farmers, do so at their own risk.

For years, farmers whose farms were destroyed by elephants have had serious misunderstandings with the authorities and many of them have sought compensation from the government.