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4 Petition CID Over Akonta Mine

The Environment and Sustainable Development 5 Minute Fix gives you a snapshot of what you need to know across a range of environment and planning…

Small-scale gold mining existed in Ghana as far back as the eighth century as a household economic activity.

The President’s meeting with the National House of Chiefs and the metropolitan, municipal, district chief executives (MMDCEs), media reports with pictures of polluted rivers, conversations on social media and so on are contributing to this renewed sense of urgency to act.

The Media Coalition Against Galamsey (MCAG) is calling for the immediate arrest, investigation and prosecutions of Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling NPP, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, aka Chairman Wontumi, and his colleague Kwame Antwi for engaging in illegal mining in a forest reserve where they had no license to mine.…

When Yellowstone National Park was first founded 150 years ago, it was a landmark move. It was the world’s first national park signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant, and in the years since, it has represented America’s efforts to protect the outdoors.However, Adam Sowards, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Idaho, recently wrote an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times detailing America's troubled history with public lands. Sowards spoke with Wyoming Public Radio’s...

State Finds Receipts Of Galamsey Site Purchase With Aisha Huang’s Accomplices

The Media Coalition Against Galamsey has called on the Government to order small scale and surface mining activities to stop immediately to allow water bodies and forests to begin to restore. The government is also encouraged to bring sanity to all surface mining activities in the country. The Coalition in…

The Mineral Policy of Tanzania was promulgated in 20092 by the Ministry of Minerals, which is charged with the responsibility of formulating a mineral…

State Finds Receipts Of Galamsey Site Purchase With Aisha Huang’s Accomplices