Eleven persons jailed for mining in Atewa forest
Eleven persons are serving prison sentences between five and 15 years for engaging in illegal mining activities in the Atewa ...
Tag: Atewa Forest
Let’s turn Atewa forest into a national park – Okyehene
Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, the overlord of the Akyem Abuakwa State, has reiterated calls for the development of the ...
Illegal miners who posed as national security operatives granted bail
The Atewa Forest illegal miners who posed as national security operatives have been granted bail by a Koforidua Circuit Court ...
14 purported National Security operatives arrested over galamsey in Atewa forest
The Eastern Regional Police Command has transferred 14 self-styled National Security operatives to the National Police Headquarters in Accra for ...
International civil society initiative launches policy to prevent banks from financing mining in Atewa forest
A just-launched international campaign demanding banks to stop financing projects linked to biodiversity loss and social damage has incorporated Atewa ...
Int’l community passes resolution calling for global action to halt bauxite mining in Atewa Forest
Members of the International Union for Conversation of Nature (IUCN) on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, overwhelmingly voted to adopt Motion ...
A Rocha Ghana: GIADEC not conforming to national and international transparency and environmental standards
President of Ghana and the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) have made claims intending to show how plans to ...
GIADEC assures of safe mining in Atewa forest
The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) says it is constantly engaging Civil Society Organizations and other international environmental groups ...
CSOs, private citizens sue Gov’t over exploration for bauxite mining in Atewa Forest
Seven Civil Society Organisations and four private citizens, have jointly sued the government over the exploration and drilling of deep ...
We support bauxite mining in Atewa Forest – Chiefs
Chiefs and elders within the Atewa enclave have distanced themselves from a demonstration organised by members of a group calling ...
NGOs refute GIADEC’s claims on safe bauxite mining in Atewa Forest
The Coalition of NGOs Against MINING ATEWA (CONAMA) is demanding that the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), stops misinforming ...
‘Bauxite mining for Sinohydro deal to start in 2020’ – Bawumia’s advisor
A Technical and Economic Advisor at the Office of the Vice President, Dr. Mutaka Alolo has revealed that the commercial ...
Ghana’s Forests: To conserve or not to conserve – Time for a genetic index survey [Article]
Now that roads have been paved into the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, which is the largest of the country’s Globally ...
We’ll look into petition against mining in Atewa – Natural Resources Minister
The government has said that it will thoroughly examine the petition presented to it by a group of non-governmental organizations ...
International groups join calls on gov’t not to allow bauxite mining in Atewa Forest
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been advised to reconsider government’s decision to give out the Atewa Range Forest Reserve ...
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