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Irresponsible mining, also referred to as Galamsey, is a form of mining that is not guided by any agency rule or regulation and takes all manner of form to access the natural mineral. In the history of Ghana, minerals referenced in galamsey activities have been either gold or diamond. Galamsey, during pre-colonial times, was undertaken...

In November, 2022, the Government of Ghana scrapped the guideline that limited mining in forest reserves and then enacted ‘The Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Regulation, 2462. The old guidelines allowed mining activities in only two percent of the area of some forest reserves, however, LI 2462 has no such restriction. The guidelines also...