— A linking-and-learning visit to Saaman, a mining-impacted community in the Fanteakwa District of Ghana's Eastern Region, afforded SPACES FOR CHANGE / S4C an opportunity to learn about other advocacy approaches resource-rich communities in the West African sub-region are using to push for environmental justice and community …
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— Despite its contribution to the economy, mining in Ghana has been a subject of debate in the past few years due to its diverse impacts on the host communities. This study therefore conducted a...
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mining is also popular in the small-scale gold sub-sector. Following a period of general economic decline in the 1970s to mid-1980s, Ghana's mining industry recovered on the back of market-based adjustment policies recommended by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Amongst others, the Structural Adjustment Programme
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— The findings reveal that mining has been a significant driver of economic growth in Ghana, contributing to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) through foreign exchange earnings, investment ...
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— In particular, we propose that the integration of the Community Mining Scheme as part of formalisation efforts of informal gold mining in Ghana not only responds to SDG 6 target 6b (participation ...
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— The activities of galamsey operations contribute to environmental factors that have led Ghana to record over 24,000 cancer cases annually. According to the …
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There is the inadequacy of alternative economic and employment opportunities in rural areas of Ghana, especially mining communities (Teschner, 2011; Bush, 2008). According to Banchirigah (2008) the narrative that poverty causes the people to engage in illegal mining does not explain the causes of such activities in full. The counter narrative ...
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The mining industry has been crucial to the development of Ghana. As with all industries, mining has both advantages and disadvantages for the inhabitants of mineral-rich communities.
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— The coefficient is significant at 5% level, with an elasticity coefficient of 0.41, suggesting that healthcare is a normal good. Since mining communities in Ghana are bedevilled with high poverty rates, public policy aimed at improving the incomes of the residents within the mining communities are likely to promote good health.
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Mining and resettlement of communities in Ghana: Exposing the harm caused by forced displacement and relocation Stephen Aboagye1 October, 2014 ... to highlight the problems encountered by displaced people living in mining communities in Ghana where foreign mining companies, including Canadian companies like Kinross/Chirano Gold, operate. …
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— The study by Ohene et al. describe active case-finding (ACF) for TB in several mining communities in Ghana and presents novel data that have potentially wider relevance to ACF in other countries, including what types of screening should be performed and what kind of yields can be expected. The authors should also be commended for …
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The review is based on the CHRAJ report on the State of Human Rights in Mining Communities in Ghana. The report, which paints a gloomy picture of the debilitating …
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— A Flurry or an avalanche of publications examining the effects of mining on host communities have painted a rather incomplete picture of the abilities of these communities to cope with economic ...
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— Natural resource extraction, particularly mining, has often been seen as a catalyst for economic growth and development in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNECA 2011, 2013).Many countries such as Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Guinea, and Tanzania have for a long time remained over-reliant on exports from the mining of …
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Resources Policy, 2018. While a number of studies that have examined the nature and impact of gold mining in Ghana have often identified environmental degradation as a major consequence of resource …
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— It appears that land degradation, environmental pollution and many socioeconomic problems have been major issues with communities where small-scale mining is practised in Ghana.
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2.1: MINING IN GHANA Ghana's geological landscape teems with diverse mineral resources with the commercially exploited ones being gold, diamond, manganese and …
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— Community Mining is a new programme introduced by the government of Ghana aimed at formalizing illegal SSM (galamsey) in selected communities across the country and diverting the interest of the youth from illegal mining to properly regulated mining. Community Mining was specifically designed to respond to the wanton illegal …
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In Prestea, one of the mining communities in Ghana, increased mining activities have resulted in disproportionate contamination of major water bodies leading to loss of …
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— Eastern Region mining communities educated on minerals and surface rights. ... Mr. Desmon Boahen, the Eastern Regional Head of the Minerals Commission, told the Ghana News Agency on the sidelines of the event that every mineral identified in the country was entrusted to the president for protection on behalf of the citizens.
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In Prestea, one of the mining communities in Ghana, increased mining activities have resulted in disproportionate contamination of major water bodies leading to loss of aquatic organisms, destruction of the biodiversity, removal of vegetation, depletion of soil resources and loss of farmland. For instance, a study by [37] in Prestea, found high ...
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— Mining-induced displacement and resettlement is an important development issue because it significantly influences the livelihoods and sustainability of mining communities. This study seeks to assess the effects of mining-induced displacement and resettlement on the livelihoods of s in selected mining communities in Ghana. …
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— In spite of these positive indicators, the overall contribution of the mining industry in the economic development of Ghana is a suspect as there are consequences people living in mining ...
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— It is, however, argued that mining activity made only a marginal contribution to GDP, generated limited job opportunities, especially for the individuals in mining communities, and took away ...
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— Increasing small-scale mining has resulted in water pollution in various mining communities. Supplying potable water is certainly a very important task that needs to be addressed properly at local, national, and international levels. ... In Ghana, small-scale mining, often known as "Galamsey," is a significant industry ...
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— Mining in Ghana is an age-old and ancient industrial activity from which the country first acquired its name, the Gold Coast ... these mining companies paid a total of GHC1,006,668.50 in royalties to the Government of Ghana and affected mining communities in 2019. It is also estimated that the small-scale mining sector employs …
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— Background: Data on active TB case finding activities among artisanal gold mining communities (AMC) is limited. The study assessed the yield of TB cases from the TB screening activities among AMC in Ghana, the factors associated with TB in these communities and the correlation between the screening methods and a diagnosis of TB.
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Rights in Mining Communities in Ghana (CHRAJ, 2008). The report did not only draw the attention of Government to the negative impact of mining activities in the country, but also recommended legislative reforms in the entire mining industry. The report paints a gloomy picture of the debilitating effects
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— The purpose of this article is to provide an opportunity for the peasants in three mining communities in Ghana to voice their experiences of primitive accumulation under contemporary global neo ...
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— The image above shows gold mining encroachment in the Upper Wassaw Forest Reserve, a habitat for the green-tailed bristlebill and Tai Forest treefrog, which are classified as species of conservation concern.The image was captured on April 30, 2020, by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. Out of 28 protected areas in …
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Ghana is a country with an interesting peculiarity of displacements. Induced or forced displacement has accompanied various mining projects. For example, between 1990 …
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Mineral exploitation contributes significantly to economic growth and development in most world economies. In Africa, Ghana is the second largest gold producer, contributing to about 5.7% of the country's GDP. The mining sector in Ghana consists of both small-scale and large-scale mining, each of which has varying environmental impacts. This paper …
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