#Ghana hollows out #forests and green protections to advance #mining interests

Malavika Vyawahare
28 Aug 2024
via @mongabay

Key points:

- The Ghanaian government has significantly ramped up the approval of mining permits under legislation passed in late 2022, intensifying concerns about runaway environmental damage.

- The country is already the top #gold producer in #Africa, but much of the mining is done in #forest reserves and other #biodiverse #ecosystems.

- The government has long cracked down on artisanal illegal #GoldMiners, but activists say the real damage is being wrought by #industrial operations, both legal and illegal.

- A debt default in 2022 has seen #Ghana lean even more heavily on its gold to mitigate the crisis, prompting warnings that such a policy is neither #economically nor #environmentally #sustainable.

Read more: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/ghana-hollows-out-forests-and-green-protections-to-advance-mining-interests/

#ApampramaReserve #HeritageImperial #WaterIsLife #SaveTheForests #NoMiningWithoutConsent #CorporateColonialism #C&GAleska #GoldMining #GSBA #LithiumMining #BodiForestReserve #IMFLoans #WorldBank #IMFLoanSharks

"Get Ready for Global Teaching" is the name of the pilot project developed by the Karlsruhe #University of #Education, which will be launched in January 2025. Together with seven partner universities, the aim is to raise awareness of #global inequality in #teacher training, overcome colonial thought patterns and focus on the challenges of post-migrant societies.

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#ghana #Israel #Cameroon #Laos #Norway #Unitedkingdom #USA

#ghana #lebanon #israel : #war / #hezbollah / #unifil

„The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said that four Ghanaian peacekeepers were wounded on Tuesday when a rocket that was most likely fired by "non-state actors" hit their base in southern Lebanon.“

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/un-force-in-lebanon-says-four-peacekeepers-wounded-israel-blames-hezbollah-rockets