Among its key recommendations, the coalition urged President John Dramani Mahama to fulfil his promise to review Act 703 to ...

A broad coalition of 17 civil society organisations (CSOs), including the Coalition Against Galamsey-Ghana, A Rocha Ghana, ...

Civil society organisations are urging government to go beyond the repeal of Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462 by enforcing ...

The government has officially revoked Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462, a law that allowed mining activities in forest reserves, as part of efforts to combat illegal mining, or “galamsey.” The ...

A mining consultant, Wisdom Gomashie, has challenged recent government claims suggesting that mining in forest reserves is ...

The third Conference of the Parties (COP30) has rightfully earned the title “Nature COP,” with forests taking centre stage in global climate diplomacy in a way not seen in decades ...

ACCRA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Ghana has banned mining in forest reserves as part of sweeping environmental protections aimed at ...

Environmental NGO, A Rocha Ghana has dismissed a recent claim by the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources that Ghana’s forest reserve remains intact. Answering a specific question in Parliament on ...

This primeval forest in southern Ghana boasts 300 species of birds, unique monkeys and the highly endangered forest elephant and bongo antelope. But the only wildlife I saw was one very long worm. 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 ...

A new report by WaterAid, in partnership with Tree Aid, has revealed that deforestation is driving widespread water loss across West Africa, with Ghana among the hardest hit ...

Deforestation of Ghana’s primary forests jumped 60 percent between 2017 and 2018 – the biggest jump of any tropical country. Most of this occurred in the country’s protected areas, including its ...