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Galamsey operations in Ghana often occur deep within forest reserves, where illegal miners clear vast stretches of trees to access gold deposits. This deforestation not […]
The environmental destruction caused by galamsey feeds directly into a feedback loop that worsens climate change. Deforestation and soil erosion reduce rainfall infiltration, leading to […]
Illegal miners in Ghana frequently use mercury to extract gold from ore, a process that contaminates soil and waterways. However, mercury mining and burning also […]
Many galamsey operations take place along Ghana’s major rivers, such as the Pra, Ankobra, and Offin. Sediment from mining clogs waterways, while chemicals from extraction […]
Illegal mining leaves behind vast expanses of scarred land—stripped of topsoil, pitted with trenches, and unable to support plant life. These barren lands reflect heat […]
The Dompim-Pepesa Chief has alleged that the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, Deputy Lands Minister George Mireku Duker, and the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Chief Executive, Benjamin […]
Deputy Ranking of Lands and Forestry Committee of Parliament, Hon Alhassan Suhuyini Sayibu has berated the Akufo-Addo led administration for not doing enough to fight […]
Former President John Dramani Mahama says if President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo were in another jurisdiction, he would have simply resigned. “If we were in some other jurisdiction, he […]