Tag: Ghana Environment

Africa Calls for Climate Justice and Equal Partnership in Energy Transition

The government is preparing to designate all rivers and forests in Ghana as security zones in a decisive push to combat illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.  The announcement was ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (Goldbod), Sammy Gyamfi, has dismissed suggestions that the newly established statutory corporation is promoting or encouraging illegal small-scale mining, popularly known ...

The IMANI Center for Policy and Education has raised serious concerns over Ghana’s current legal framework governing the exploitation of forest reserves, warning that existing reforms fail to adequately safeguard ...

The fight against galamsey, or illegal mining, has once again taken center stage in Ghana’s political discourse as Richard Ahiagbah, Director of Communications for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), ...

Security Consultant Richard Kumadoe has suggested that the government could effectively curb the menace of illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, by invoking a presidential-backed restrictive measure under a certificate ...

President John Dramani Mahama has received high praise for his governance style following his latest Presidential Media Encounter, with leading policy voices describing him as humane, accountable, and unmatched in ...

Ghana Launches rCOMSDEP to Reform Small-Scale Mining and Revive Degraded Lands

As the world commemorated World Environment Day, President John Dramani Mahama used the occasion to underscore his administration's commitment to curb the escalating threat of illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) to ...

In a major move to curb illegal mining, the Ghana Police Service has intensified its crackdown on galamsey operators through a series of intelligence-led raids across multiple regions.  As a ...