Civic Response

07/05/2026

28/04/2026

This is why Amantena communities in Ghana rejected mining and chose clean water and agriculture.

In November 2025, communities in and around Amantena, including Dawereso, Behwe and Nyinamponase, all in the Asante Akim North District of the Asanti Region, rejected a planned initiative by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Minerals Commission of Ghana to establish a cooperative mining scheme in the area.

During a recent visit to the area as part of the , Civic Response spoke to Emmanuel Agyekum, a resident of Dawereso, who told us why the youth took this action.

Watch this video to find out why the youth of the area strongly opposed and protested the mining initiative, leading to the suspension of the 45-year concession project.



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14/04/2026

At a recent meeting held in Accra to validate a CSOs' position paper on mining, Civil Society Organisations admitted that current approaches to end illegal mining in Ghana have not yielded the desired results. It is time to adopt new approaches in the fight against galamsey



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08/04/2026

Stakeholders, recently, met in Accra to validate findings of a report by Taylor Crabbe analysing various sectorial policies and laws in mining, forest, agriculture and climate to identify gaps, contradictions and challenges that promote deforestation. The study concludes that harmonization of laws, clear land use policies, and strengthening institutional coordination are critical to reducing deforestation and ensuring sustainable forest management.




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06/03/2026

🇬🇭Happy 69th Independence Day Ghana 🇬🇭! May we be great!

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas everyone 🌲. Thank you for your support.

11/12/2025

L.I.2462 is now revoked!

03/12/2025

In October 2025, Ghana's first FLEGT-licenced timber arrived in the EU, ushering in an era of legal, transparent and sustainable timber powered by Ghana’s traceability system. This is how the traceability system works and why it matters.



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In 2009, Ghana ratified a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the European Union to trade in legal timber in both domestic and export markets, with th...

06/11/2025

Finally!
A new Legislative Instrument seeking to revoke L.I. 2462 was laid in Parliament last Friday. The controversial L.I. 2462, which allows mining in forest reserves, will effectively be revoked once the new L.I. matures in 21 sitting days.

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has laid a new Legislative Instrument (L.I. 2505) in Parliament to revoke the existing law that permits mining in forest reserves

03/09/2025

Welcome development! The Acting Minister of Environment, Science and Technology initiates a legal overhaul of L.I. 2462 and its amended version. This means the Minister wants LI2462 and its amended version revoked!