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The catastrophic shooting incident that claimed the lives of at least eight people has once again highlighted the need for urgent action to address the underlying issues fueling conflicts between mining companies and local …
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The Small-Scale Mining Law passed in 1989 gave legal status to the sector making the Small-Scale Mining Project (a department of the Minerals Commission) responsible for registering and supervising 10 small-scale …
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This paper critiques the approach being taken in Ghana to implement Alternative Livelihood (AL) projects in mining communities. The rapid insurgence of illegal artisanal gold mining has forced policymakers to think more creatively about ways in which to deal with mounting unemployment in the country's rural areas.
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Bright Bansah, a PhD candidate in International Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University, in the United States, has emphasized the need for a comprehensive framework to address the recurring conflicts between mining companies and local communities in …
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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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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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At the edge of the reserve, gold is mined and the forest harbors one of three possible sites for bauxite mining within Ghana. While legal gold mining takes place close to the border of the reserve, bauxite mining would be taking place at the hills and therefore in the forest reserve (Fig. 1).
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To address these challenges, Bright Bansah advocated for a stakeholder engagement approach that brings together mining companies, local communities, and …
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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
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It is the poorest people, living in the mining areas, who are particularly vulnerable when the mining sector and their governments fail them. In recent times, a number of organisations have started tackling gaps that arise at every stage of the mining value chain, corruption being no exception to the myriad of challenges.
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Mining, Environment and Community Conflicts: A Study of Company-Community Conflicts over Gold Mining in the Obuasi Municipality of Ghana
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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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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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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 Ltd. (BGL ...
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The MULTILATERAL MINING INTEGRATED PROJECT (MMIP) aims to address the challenges associated with illicit mining activities in Ghana.
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It is widely known that operating in indigenous areas is associated with a vast range of inconveniences (Spillan & King, 2017).Mining companies need to grapple with issues such as integrating or harmonizing the expression of indigenous populations about rights and justice and to utilize the minimum amount of force to suppress clashes (Gilbert, 2013).
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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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The head of strategy, policy and campaigns for WaterAid Ghana, Ibrahim Musah, has described illegal miners in Ghana as "mass murderers" who could not care less about the impact of their …
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Download scientific diagram | Conceptual Causal Factors Underlying Mining-related Water Conflicts in the Study Area from publication: Resolving Water Conflicts in Mining Areas of Ghana Through ...
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Contamination of water resources in Ta rkwa mining area of Ghana: Linking technical, social-economic and gender dimensions v SUMMARY Ghana is Africa's second largest producer of gold with gold deposits in western part of the country. There are seven large-scale mines and 168 small-scale mining concessions valid in the region.
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Operating under the theme, "Sharing Galamsey Research Findings and Doing Advocacy to Stop Galamsey in Ghana," the project is envisioned to influence public attitudes, ... described galamsey as a complex issue with widespread implications. "Illegal mining impacts water bodies, forest reserves and involves directing mining waste into rivers. It ...
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There was an upshot in cropland in the year 2000 representing over 40 % of the total area but declined consistently to 17.1 % by 2021. The initial expansion in the cropland could be attributed to the community's rush to cultivate their land upon information of a proposed Newmont mining project in the area.
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Funeral of some of the victims. The catastrophic shooting incident that claimed the lives of at least eight people has once again highlighted the need for urgent action to address the underlying issues fueling conflicts between mining companies and local communities in Ghana.
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Over the years, Ghana has introduced several measures to combat illegal mining including: Formalisation of small-scale mining: The government has encouraged illegal miners …
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The deprivation and poverty that exist in mining areas in Ghana are an overstatement. One. ... and conflict in mining communities. ... The assemblies do undertake some projects with the monies ...
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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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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 …
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and mining companies by which landowners have been left almost landless and have become tenants on their own lands. The resulting disputes from these pose great challenges in the acquisition of land for residential and other private developments these communities. 2.1 Customary Land Tenure System in Mining Areas
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In the area of peace building and conflict prevention, mining companies in Ghana have provided infrastructural development, including building police stations, erecting military and police checkpoints and providing security logistics, such as police/military patrol vehicles, fuel
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