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Making land rehabilitation projects work in small-scale mining …

Making land rehabilitation projects work in small-scale mining areas: Insights from a case study in Ghana. Ferdinand Adu-Baffour, Thomas Daum, Elizabeth Asantewaa Obeng, Regina Birner, Christine Bosch

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The dynamics and livelihood implications of illegal mining in Ghana…

Discourses on "illegal" or informal small‐scale mining (galamsey) have presented it largely as a menace. Using Ghana as the focus of our study, we present a counter‐narrative to the ...

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Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: Is community

The application of community relocation and resettlement programs as conflict management frameworks has done little to mitigate land use conflicts in the catchment areas of Ghana's Prestea ...

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Human rights violations continue in Ghana's mining sector

WASHINGTON, DC-- International humanitarian organization Oxfam America calls on Ghana's government to address ongoing human rights violations in the West African nation's mining industry. The call to action comes after 23-year old Kwame Eric was shot to death August 10 by an employee of Ghanatta Security Services, a private security firm hired by gold mining …

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Galiano awards mining contract for Asanko Gold Mine in Ghana

Galiano Gold Inc. has announced the award of a mining contract for its Asanko Gold Mine (AGM) in Ghana.Galiano will manage and operate the mine as a 50-50 joint venture (JV) with South Africa's Gold Fields Ltd.The company announced that it had selected a contractor to restart hard rock mining operations at its Asanko Gold Mine in the fourth quarter after a …

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Combating Illegal Mining: Ghana's best approach

Ghana's Community Mining Scheme is a step in the right direction, but it must be improved. ... and Togo to monitor border areas and prevent illegal miners from crossing into …

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Strained relations: A critical analysis of the mining conflict in

This paper examines the dynamics of the ongoing conflict in Prestea, Ghana, where indigenous galamsey mining groups are operating illegally on a concession awarded to Bogoso Gold Limited (BGL), property of the Canadian-listed multinational Gold Star Resources. Despite being issued firm orders by the authorities to abandon their activities, galamsey leaders …

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(PDF) Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining …

Accomplishing local cooperation and support without threatening business interest remains a top priority for the large-scale mines. Community engagement forms part of the broader Corporate Social...

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Grievance and conflict in Ghana's gold mining industry: The case …

It is for this reason that the company, in recent times, has been working with other mining companies operating in Ghana, the Ghana Chamber of Mines, and the Minerals Commission to identify areas which are suitable for small-scale mining and to promote the registration of miners concerning operations on these properties [22]. In response to the ...

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Mining, Environment and Community Conflicts: A Study of …

Mining, Environment and Community Conflicts: A Study of Company-Community Conflicts over Gold Mining in the Obuasi Municipality of Ghana Seth Opoku Mensah 2014, Journal of Sustainable Development Studies

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Impact Of Illegal Mining (galamsey) On Local Ecosystems

Overview of Illegal Mining in Ghana Ghana is one of Africa's largest gold producers, and the mining sector plays a vital role in the country's economy. In 2021, Ghana produced approximately 117 metric tons of gold, making it the second-largest gold producer in Africa and the eighth-largest in the world.

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Addressing the Illegal Mining Menace in Ghana with

Ghana's small-scale mining sector has historically supplied livelihoods to rural people, but a rising number of illegal mining activities has shifted this activity into a more destructive force. Rivers and farmlands in places rich in gold resources, such as Ashanti, Western, and Eastern regions, have suffered as a consequence, with mining ...

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Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: Is community

Impacting on local farmlands and mining projects close to water bodies are some of the matters that don't obtain a social license from local communities. These issues are …

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Strained Relations: A Critical Appraisal of the Mining Conflict …

Keywords: galamsey; mining; Ghana; gold; conflicts; ... are located within the areas of influence of their mining projects and which are frequently inhabited by artisanal miners" (Hentschel et ...

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(PDF) Mining as a Factor of Social Conflict in Ghana

This article argues that northern Ghana is not the only place in the country where conflicts erupted or occurred and that the quest for resource control in the Gold and diamond impregnated areas ...

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Climate and Conflict in Ghana

climate and conflict linkages in Ghana, as well as additional literature reviews. Following a systems-based environmental peacebuilding analysis framework developed by CDA Collaborative Learning Projects, the paper comprises four sections. The first discusses climate impacts and speci fic vulnerabilities in Ghana; the second demonstrates how these

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Ghana's Gold Gamble: How illegal mining threatens our future …

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has flagged Ghana as a high-risk country for conflict minerals, warning that the gold mined in Ghana may be tainted by illegal practices, including child labour and environmental degradation. ... which aims to plant trees in deforested mining areas, is a critical initiative, but ...

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Ghana: 500 Mineral Explorations Ongoing Across Country

About 500 mining exploration projects mainly targeted at gold, lithium, copper and cobalt are currently ongoing in various parts of the country, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, ...

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Africa: conflicts and mining-induced displacement | War Resisters

But in reality mining projects are almost always encouraged and the interests of the mining industries count for more than are protecting local communities or natural resources that exist in a mining area. The focus of economic reforms in African countries is reflected in policy changes on labour, land acquisition, forest conservation and ...

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Northern Ghana resource conflicts could spark violence — Study

"The Zongoyire conflict is an old case between youth of the community and a Chinese mining company, Shannxi Mining Company, then known locally as Rich Power." "The conflict occurred because of the lack of proper community engagements and consultations prior to the company moving equipment and personnel into the area, after obtaining a ...

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(PDF) Socio-environmental impacts of mineral mining and conflicts …

Mineral mining activities in Africa have long been associated with a myriad of socio-environmental impacts and conflicts, posing significant challenges to sustainable development and environmental ...

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The Impact of Mining on the Ghanaian Economy: A

This review examines the impact of mining on the Ghanaian economy from 1992 to 2020. The purpose of the study is to comprehensively analyse the effects of mining on economic growth, employment ...

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Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold mining in Ghana

Sustainability. While the engagement of Chinese migrants in small-scale mining in Ghana has gained traction in scholarship, the extant literature pays little attention to how the relationship between the so-called formal institutions (e.g., the Minerals Commission and Ministry of Land and Natural Resources) and informal institutions (e.g., the chieftaincy and customary land …

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Mining, Forests and Land-use Conflict: The Case of Ghana

Using the case of Ghana, where conflicts and trade-offs between mining and forests proliferate, an interdisciplinary and exploratory approach is taken to investigate the impact of mining on forest ...

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USGS Scientists Help Address Conflict Mining

The concept of conflict diamonds or "blood diamonds" emerged in the late 1990s when it became evident that several violent civil wars in Africa were connected to mining and trading of rough diamonds. In 2006, the U.S. Geological Survey was asked by the U.S. Department of State to help address illegal diamond mining in Africa.

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"We will not relocate until our ancestors and

The construction of a dam on the Black Volta River at Bui in Ghana to generate about 400 megawatts of hydroelectric power engendered conflict between three project-affected communities-Bui, Akanyakrom, and Dokokyina (Figure 10.1)- and the Bui Power Authority (BPA), the managers of the dam.

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Expert calls for lasting solution to mining conflicts in Ghana

To address these challenges, Bright Bansah advocated for a stakeholder engagement approach that brings together mining companies, local communities, and …

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Conservation conflicts in the context of protected areas in Ghana …

Conflicts between humans about wildlife, sometimes also referred to as conservation conflicts, are a challenging issue all over the world. Comparing conservation conflicts from different settings helps to better understand general strategies for conflict management and provides opportunities for mutual learning to solve conservation conflicts. …

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Strategies for managing large-scale mining sector land use conflicts …

As result, a lot of earlier works have been done for managing large-scale mineral exploration and mining-induced land use conflicts in the historical southwestern mining areas of Ghana. Examples include the works of Hilson (2002a) ; Hilson (2002c) ; Hilson (2012) ; Hilson and Clifford (2010) ; Patel et al. (2016) .

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The fight over Ghana's illegal gold rush exposes …

Exposed holes in the ground bear witness to attempts at illegally digging out some of the precious metal and a polluted river on the edge of town shows the consequences of the boom in semi-...

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