Ghana is unlocking billion-dollar carbon market opportunities under the Paris Agreement by strengthening national carbon market capacity, advancing Article 6 carbon trading, attracting global investors, and positioning itself as Africa’s leader in high-integrity carbon credit markets and climate finance.
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The Western Regional House of Chiefs has inaugurated the NGO Positive Action for Environmental Protection Ghana (PAFEP-WRC-GH) to support government efforts against galamsey, protect water bodies, and promote shared responsibility in environmental governance across the Western Region.
Ghana has revoked L.I. 2462, banning mining in forest reserves effective December 10, 2025. Environmental groups hail the move as a landmark victory while calling for reforms to existing mining licenses, stronger enforcement, and amendments to the Minerals and Mining Act to fully protect Ghana’s forests.
Ghana revokes L.I. 2462 after civil society pressure, closing mining loopholes that exposed forest reserves and marking a major environmental policy shift.
An in-depth investigation into how illegal gold mining in Ghana, weak enforcement of mining laws, and failure to implement the Minamata Convention are exposing children and women to mercury while pushing the country’s last chimpanzees toward extinction.
Sanitation Excellence Awards in Kumasi honoured outstanding community leaders and institutions advancing sanitation, clean water, and public health across the Ashanti Region. The event celebrated innovators, highlighted impactful grassroots initiatives, and announced new projects including borehole construction and an inter-school sanitation challenge.
Eco-Conscious Citizens’ Coordinator, Awula Serwaah, says repealing Ghana’s L.I. 2462 is not enough to end illegal mining. She calls for stronger enforcement, community protection, and multi-sectoral action to save Ghana’s polluted rivers and forests.
Ghana’s chimpanzees are disappearing fast due to illegal mining, deforestation, and weak laws. This Ghanaian Watch special report exposes the legal failures, political complicity, and urgent conservation battles to save fewer than 60 remaining chimpanzees in Ghana.
Ghana’s Lands Minister revokes 278 small-scale mining licenses in a sweeping crackdown on illegal operations to restore order and protect the environment.
Ghana’s fight against illegal mining has reached a dangerous peak, with armed miners defying environmental laws. Professor Nana Ama Browne Klutse of the EPA unveils a groundbreaking $200,000 nano technology solution designed to bring mercury-free, clean waters to Ghana’s polluted mining zones and end the nation’s era of gunpoint governance.