The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a significant directive aimed at addressing the alarming rise in illegal mining activities (commonly referred to as "galamsey") in and around ...

Some researchers of the University of Ghana have launched the findings of an anti-galamsey project, which identifies advocacy and collaboration as the most needed ‘tools’ to solve the menace of ...

The two-year project, titled Sharing Galamsey Research Findings and Advocacy to Stop Galamsey in Ghana, aims to raise awareness and encourage collaboration to combat this destructive practice. The ...

Yet, the encroachment of galamsey on cocoa farms has brought the industry to its knees. Cocoa production has plummeted to its lowest levels in over two decades, with Ghana failing to meet ...

It's tough perspective. More than 10,000 structures have been destroyed, and the devastation from a bird’s eye view is chilling. The trip started in Burbank where Oleg Byelogurov, a 28-year-old ...

This move comes amid growing concerns over the devastating impact of galamsey on Ghana’s water bodies and forest reserves. While speaking on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, January 30, Bagbin ...

Accra, Jan. 24, GNA – Some researchers of the University of Ghana have launched the findings of an anti-galamsey project, which identifies advocacy and collaboration as the most needed ‘tools ...

Prof. Ernest Kofi Amankwa Afrifa of the Department of Environmental Science, University of Cape Coast, has posited that minimising galamsey is very achievable, but eradicating it from Ghana is ...

“If you ask me my personal view, I think the issue of fighting galamsey should be led by the Ministry of Environment. I don’t think it should be the Ministry of Lands. The Ministry of Lands is accused ...