By Awudu Salami Sulemana Yoda After facing sustained pushback from environmental groups, Ghana revoked a 2022 law that had ...

GHANA has prohibited all mining operations within forest reserves, marking a significant reversal of environmental policy in Africa’s leading gold-producing nation. Reuters cited the country’s ...

A drone view shows the excavated pits for illegal mining at the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal District in the Western Region, Ghana August 17, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo ACCRA, Dec 11 ...

Dear critical reader, in an AI-era in which there are many developmental paths other than destructive surface gold mining, to ...

From Ghana News Agency: Illegal logging, mining, farming and chainsaw operations in forest reserves constitute 34 per cent of depletion of Ghana's forest and wildlife resources, Mr Kwakye Ameyaw, the ...

Bauxite mining would threaten birds, plants, and clean water. A Christian conservation group is fighting the Ghana government in court over plans to mine bauxite in the Atewa Range Forest Reserve. The ...

What began as an environmental violation has escalated into what many now describe as a full-blown national security crisis. The shocking discovery of more than 10,000 people living illegally in the ...

The Forestry Commission (FC) has made significant strides in combating illegal mining (galamsey) within forest reserves through sustained nationwide law enforcement operations, the Commission's Chief ...

A mining consultant, Wisdom Gomashie, has challenged recent government claims suggesting that mining in forest reserves is banned in Ghana. He insisted that under the country’s existing laws, mining ...

Ghana’s forest cover is undergoing degradation driven largely by mining activities, according to new findings presented at the 28th Annual General Meeting of the Ghana Institute of Foresters in Kumasi ...

Despite vehement opposition from local communities and international conservation organisations, the Ghanaian government seems determined to proceed with a destructive bauxite mine in the Atewa Forest ...

Accra : Ghana has banned mining in forest reserves as part of sweeping environmental protections aimed at safeguarding water bodies and halting deforestation, the Ministry of Environment, Science and ...