Strained Relations: A Critical Analysis of the Mining Conflict …
Abstract and Figures. 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 ...
(PDF) Strained Relations: A Critical Appraisal of the …
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 ...
Social Legitimacy as the Unresolved Driver in Mining …
1 Introduction. This chapter discusses the principle of social legitimacy in mining and evaluates its impact on the rising volume of mining disputes and conflicts …
The conflict potential of sand: Illegal sand mining on …
We collected data from different online sources and found that between 1990 and 2021, (a) sand has been mined illegally in 35 African countries and (b) 21 of them …
The dynamics and livelihood implications of illegal mining in Ghana…
Abstract. Discourses on "illegal" or informal small‐scale mining (galamsey) have presented it largely as a menace. Using Ghana as the focus of our study, we present a counter‐narrative to ...
Mining, Environment and Community Conflicts: A Study of …
Wassa Association of Communiti es Affected by Mining (2013) Mining is destroying livelihoods in Ghana [online] available at: [Assessed 11 March 2013] [27] Whitem an, G. and K. Mam en (2002) Examining justice and conflict between mining companies and indigenous peoples: Cerro Colorado and the Ngabe-Bugle in Panama, …
Bauxite mining at Atewa Forest Reserve, Ghana: a political
Atewa Forest Reserve in the Eastern Region of Ghana represents one of only two reserves with upland evergreen forests in Ghana but is also a possible site for bauxite mining. The Government of Ghana deployed an infrastructure in anticipation for a refined bauxite agreement with China. Ghana's Government seeks to develop an …
Mining, the environment, and human rights in Ghana: An area …
Mining, the environment, and human rights in Ghana: An area of limited statehood perspective. Uwafiokun Idemudia, Corresponding Author. Uwafiokun Idemudia ... meet their responsibility to respect human rights and ensure that environmental rights of community members in mining areas are not violated. By privileging community voices, …
Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold mining in Ghana
This municipality was chosen as it is in the heartland of the main alluvial gold mining area in southern Ghana, and a centre of Chinese involvement in small-scale mining. ... London Hilson, G. and Yakovelva, N. (2007)'Strained relations: A critical analysis of the mining conflict in Prestea, Ghana', Political Geography, vol 26, no 1,pp98 ...
Mining, the environment, and human rights in …
SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE. Mining, the environment, and human rights in Ghana: An area of limited statehood perspective. Uwafiokun Idemudia,Cynthia Kwakyewah,Judy Muthuri, …
Strategies for managing large-scale mining sector land use conflicts …
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).
Climate and Conflict in Ghana
Climate Impacts and Other Environmental Vulnerabilities. Ghana is highly vulnerable to climate impacts. The country's average temperature has increased by around 1 degree Celsius during the last six decades (World Bank 2022), and temperatures are predicted to rise between 1.7 to 3.7 degrees Celsius by 2080 (GIZ 2019).
Resolving Water Conflicts in Mining Areas of Ghana …
This article attempts to understand the causes underlying the mining-related water conflicts in Ghana using the TOV theory. Using this theory, the article proposes a practical framework for enhanced effective participation of members from local host communities that in turn can enable resolving the existing conflicts and preventing the same in ...
How the Ghanaian government is supporting community …
It included six pillars: land reclamation and reforestation; the development of agriculture and agro-processing activities; apprenticeships, skills training and entrepreneurship; …
Mining, Forests and Land-use Conflict: The Case of …
Mining, Forests and Land-use Conflict: The Case of Ghana Mark Alexander Hirons School of Agriculture, Policy and Development Submitted for the degree of PhD in International & Rural
Mining, Environment and Community Conflicts: A Study …
Keywords: Environmental Resources, Conflicts, Ghana, Gold Mining, and Livelihood . 65 Journal of Sustainable Development Studies 1. Introduction Across the globe, several processes of socio-economic, environmental and political ... communities and urban areas. The mining sector has been at the fulcrum of intense controversy and trajectories ...
Addressing Mining Sector Conflicts in Ghana
In Ghana, a significant cause of conflict is the failure of the sector's growth to adequately trickle down and improve the living conditions and overall …
(PDF) A Perspective on Ghana's Mining Sector
A Perspective on Ghana's Mining Sector. Sam Sarpong. Abstract. The report explores the extractive sector in Ghana. It looks at corporate engagement with. stakeholders, particularly with the ...
A Contextual Review of the Ghanaian Small-Scale …
Over $117 million in gold and $98 million in diamond product has been obtained from small-scale mining operations since complete legalization of the industry in 1989. Gold production from the small-scale gold-mining industry has increased nearly tenfold since 1989, from 17,234oz in 1990 to 107,093oz in 1997.
Human rights violations continue in Ghana's mining sector
WASHINGTON, DC-- International humanitarian organization Oxfam America calls on Ghana's government to address ongoing human rights violations in the West African nation's mining industry. The call to action comes after 23-year old Kwame Eric was shot to death August 10 by an employee of Ghanatta Security Services, a …
Resolving Water Conflicts in Mining Areas of Ghana …
In Wassa West district of Ghana, mining as an industry has been promoted in the recent past, but with significant impact on environmental aspects, especially water, leading to …
Ghana's artisanal miners are a law unto themselves: …
Ghana is Africa's largest gold producer, the sixth globally.It produced approximately 129 metric tonnes in 2021.. Gold mining in Ghana stretches back over 1000 years. It first served as a ...
Conflict Prevention, Climate Change, and Why Ghana …
A third area that presents the potential for conflict is "galamsey"—the illegal artisanal and small-scale mining of natural resources, namely gold, bauxite, and manganese. Illegal mining was not a government priority until 2017, leaving significant gaps in regulatory frameworks and environmental protections.
Ghana's Illegal Galamsey Gold Mining Affecting Cocoa …
The area covered by the Pra River Basin—including parts of Ghana's Central, Western, and Ashanti regions—is the country's cocoa heartland. It also holds the highest concentration of gold ...
Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in Ghana
History of Mining in Ghana. There is evidence of gold extraction activities in Ghana as far back as the 7th and 8th centuries A.D., as gold deposits attracted Arab traders into the country.7 These activities were strategically located along rivers where sediments believed to contain deposits of gold were washed constantly to separate the …
Small-scale Mining, the SDGs and Human Insecurity in Ghana
Okoh GA (2014) Grievance and conflict in Ghana's gold mining industry: The case of Obuasi. Futures 62((Part A)):51–57. Article Google Scholar Snapir B, Simms DM, Waine TW (2017) Mapping the expansion of galamsey gold mines in the cocoa growing area of Ghana using optical remote sensing.
Mining, the environment, and human rights in …
To address this gap, this paper examines the extent to which mining companies meet their responsibility to respect human rights and ensure that …
Strained relations: A critical analysis of the mining conflict …
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 Resources. Despite being issued firm orders by the authorities to abandon their …
Grievance and conflict in Ghana's gold mining industry: The …
Conflicts have sparked around the new gold mining projects in many of the emerging gold mining countries, such as Burkina Faso (Engels 2015, Engels forthcoming), Guinea (Bolay 2014), Ghana (Okoh ...
Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: …
Sources and causes of conflict in Prestea mining communities. The dominant source of conflicts in Prestea is land use conflicts (75) representing 93.8% and the least source of conflicts is environmental pollution related conflicts (5) representing …
