DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ghana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ghana</span></a> hollows out <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> and green protections to advance <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> interests</p><p>Malavika Vyawahare<br>28 Aug 2024<br>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@mongabay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mongabay</span></a></span> </p><p>Key points:</p><p>- The Ghanaian government has significantly ramped up the approval of mining permits under legislation passed in late 2022, intensifying concerns about runaway environmental damage.</p><p>- The country is already the top <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gold</span></a> producer in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a>, but much of the mining is done in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forest</span></a> reserves and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/biodiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiverse</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a>.</p><p>- The government has long cracked down on artisanal illegal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GoldMiners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldMiners</span></a>, but activists say the real damage is being wrought by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industrial</span></a> operations, both legal and illegal.</p><p>- A debt default in 2022 has seen <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ghana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ghana</span></a> lean even more heavily on its gold to mitigate the crisis, prompting warnings that such a policy is neither <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/economically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economically</span></a> nor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmentally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentally</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a>.</p><p>Read more: <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/ghana-hollows-out-forests-and-green-protections-to-advance-mining-interests/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.mongabay.com/2024/08/ghan</span><span class="invisible">a-hollows-out-forests-and-green-protections-to-advance-mining-interests/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ApampramaReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ApampramaReserve</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeritageImperial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageImperial</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheForests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C</span></a>&amp;GAleska <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GoldMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GSBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSBA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BodiForestReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BodiForestReserve</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IMFLoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMFLoans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldBank</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IMFLoanSharks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMFLoanSharks</span></a></p>