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Environment & Climate

Why Ghana Needs Grassroots Regulation to Combat Galamsey

Ghana’s persistent galamsey crisis continues to devastate the environment, prompting urgent calls for grassroots regulation to combat illegal gold mining.

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Jul 04, 2026
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Photo: A Galamsey worker manually digging for gold. Credit: Kawtey, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Photo: A Galamsey worker manually digging for gold. Credit: Kawtey, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Illegal and poorly regulated small-scale gold mining, known locally as “Galamsey,” continues to inflict severe environmental damage across Ghana. In the Ashanti, Western, Eastern, and Central regions, opera…

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