The Impacts of Mining Industries on Land Tenure in Ghana: …
This review brings to light various responses and effective strategies to mitigate the negative impacts of mining on land tenure in Ghana. These include …
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Tackling galamsey impact: Land reclamation needed in 5 …
However, no degraded lands in the mining communities in the north have been reclaimed as yet. ... According to the Minerals Commission of Ghana, about 270 licenses had been granted to companies ...
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The Large Footprint of Small-Scale Mining in Ghana
SERVIR-West Africa uses similar mining analyses and shares the data to government officials to help curb artisanal activities and reform past mining sites. References and Further Reading; Barenblitt, A. et al. (2021) The large footprint of small-scale artisanal gold mining in Ghana. Science of The Total Environment, 781 (146644).
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(PDF) Governance challenges of small-scale gold mining in Ghana
Most lands in Ghana, particularly those found in rural settings where mining concessions are commonly located, are owned by individuals, extended families or by traditional leaders in the trust of ...
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Ghana's informal mining harms health and the land – but …
Artisanal small-scale mining has been practised in Ghana for over a century. In 2018, small-scale miners generated 2.1 million ounces of gold, accounting for 43.1% of total gold production in the ...
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana
for ASM activities, the policy framework for Ghana's mining sector has largely prioritised the development of large-scale activities. o ne of the questionable moves made has been the Inter-Ministerial t ask Force on Illegal Mining, which conducts sweeps of illegal mining operations to arrest miners and seize equipment.
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The Rise of the Fourth Estate: The Media, Environmental
Amid increasing climate change and environmental degradation, illegal mining (galamsey) has received widespread public concern in Ghana, with greater attention in recent times due to increased ...
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Governance challenges of small-scale gold mining in Ghana…
Most lands in Ghana, particularly those found in rural settings where mining concessions are commonly located, are owned by individuals, extended families or by traditional leaders in the trust of members of the communities they head. According to the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources, about 78 % of total land in Ghana, including …
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LAND CONFLICTS IN GHANA, CAUSES, EFFECTS AND RESOLUTION …
Conflicts over land are a major problem to the management of lands in Ghana. Land cases constitute about 59% out of the total cases in court. ... Proceedings of 4 th UMaT Biennial International ...
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Ghana's Illegal Galamsey Gold Mining Affecting Cocoa …
Ghana, one of the world's biggest producers of cocoa beans, is facing a crisis around dangerous and dirty galamsey, or informal, mining—which experts warn could …
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Mining and agriculture in Ghana: A contested terrain
There is a growing concern that mining is decreasing agricultural lands and crop production, and thereby contributing to periodic food shortages in Ghana.
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND LAND DISPUTE OF ILLEGAL …
Environmental degradation resulting from mining activities is mostly attributed to illegal small-scale mining. As small-scale illegal gold mining in Ghana customarily involved the use of basic ...
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6 Relevant Institutions Regulating Ghana's Mining Industry
Here are 6 relevant institutions regulating Ghana's Mining Industry:. Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources. The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, which is headed by a cabinet minister appointed by the President, has overall responsibility for forest sector planning and policy direction and for monitoring sector programs towards the attainment …
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Ghana's artisanal miners are a law unto themselves: …
Ghana is Africa's largest gold producer, the sixth globally.It produced approximately 129 metric tonnes in 2021.. Gold mining in Ghana stretches back over 1000 years. It first served as a ...
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(PDF) Adopted practices for mined land reclamation in Ghana…
Adopted practices for mined land reclamation in Ghana: a case study of Anglogold Ashanti Iduapriem mine ltd October 2015 Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana) 35(2):77
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(PDF) ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF GOLD MINING …
Ghana is the second largest producer of gold in sub-Saharan Africa, and has experienced a significant increase in national mining production over the last two decades.
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Government to begin reclaiming mined-out areas in Ghana …
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. A. Jinapor says Government will this year, begin a programme to reclaim and revegetate mined-out areas in the country.
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THE GHANA CHAMBER OF MINES
2.1: mining in ghana Ghana's geological landscape teems with diverse mineral resources with the commercially exploited ones being gold, diamond, manganese and bauxite.
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Invest in the best; Invest in Ghana, the undisputed mining …
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. A. Jinapor, has delivered a compelling address at the thirtieth anniversary of the Investing in African Mining Indaba held at Cape Town on Monday, 5th February, 2024, with a resounding call to "Invest in the number one mining destination of Africa.
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The large footprint of small-scale artisanal gold mining in …
This study quantified the spatial and temporal variability in annual vegetation loss due to artisanal mining in southern Ghana, allowing us to identify where distinct …
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Local perspectives on the adverse environmental effects and …
In Ghana, there is a consensus that all the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) degraded landscapes should be restored to ecologically functionable limits after …
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Geospatial characterisation and distribution of Illegal gold mining …
Mining operations have significantly contributed to the contamination of readily available drinking water sources, particularly in southwestern Ghana Illicit small-scale mining activities (locally ...
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in Ghana – …
scale mining, this includes the artisanal operators (Minerals Commission, 2015). Artisanal and small-scale mining activities in Ghana are regulated by the Minerals Commission of Ghana which serves as a technical adviser to the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources. Beyond regulating the
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The Large Footprint of Small-Scale Mining in …
Researchers from NASA, U.S. universities, and government agencies in Ghana recently used satellite data to estimate the extent of vegetation lost to artisanal mining in the southwestern portion of the …
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Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in …
The current analysis focuses on the environmental and health impacts of mining in Ghana and blends extant data from the literature as well as the co-authors' …
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Drivers and drags of speculative land developments in a …
In the case of Ghana, the mining industry receives more than half of all FDIs and earns more than one-third of all export income. ... The 1992 Constitution of Ghana under article 267 (1) vests all stool lands in Ghana described as customary land in the appropriate stool to be held in trust for the subjects of the stool. The Land Act, 2020 …
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Progresses in restoration of post-mining landscape in Africa
Mining alters the natural landscape and discharges large volumes of wastes that pose serious pollution hazards to the environment, to human health and to agriculture. As a result, the recent 2 decades have witnessed a global surge in research on post-mining landscape restoration, yielding a suite of techniques including physical, chemical, …
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Making land rehabilitation projects work in small-scale mining …
Illegal small-scale mining and processing activities (ASM) have led to a vast area of degraded, contaminated, and abandoned local-community lands, posing a major environmental concern in many ...
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Government is committed to efforts against illegal mining
Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Abu Jinapor, has reiterated the government's unwavering dedication to combating illegal mining, commonly referred to as galamsey, with a heightened focus on protecting water bodies. He announced that the government will soon dispatch law enforcement ...
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2019 Minerals Yearbook
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR) oversees the management of the mineral resources for socioeconomic growth as well as for the development and sustainable management and use of Ghana's lands, forests, and wildlife resources. The Ministry consists of three subsectors: forestry, lands, and mining. The mining subsector is …
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