Environment
Government plans to ban Styrofoam plastic in Ghana
The government is planning to ban the importation, manufacturing and use of Styrofoam plastic takeaway packs into the country. The impending ban of Styrofoam, a non-biodegradable material, is in response...
Don’t perforate your sewage systems into drains and gutters- Metro Environmental Officer
Mr. Daniel Lamptey, the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Environmental Health Officer, has advised residents to stop perforating their septic pipes and directing their effluence into drains and gutters. He said, with...
Forestry Commission urges citizens to plant trees
Mr. Eric Marc Fuachie, the Forest Range Manager of the Kadjebi/Asato Forest Range, urged the citizenry, especially, the students, to take tree planting as a hobby. He stated that there...
Lands Minister directs Minerals Commission to revoke mining lease of Akonta Mining Company Limited
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources,Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has authorised the Minerals Commission to revoke the lease of Akonta Mining Company Limited with immediate effect. This follows investigations which...
CircuWasteVETAfrica Project to drive green skills and circular economy education in Africa
A two-year programme to promote environmental practices, improve the quality and responsiveness of vocational education and training (VET) schools to socioeconomic opportunities in the labour market in Africa, has been...
Ghana may spend at least $300M to restore polluted water bodies
Professor Nana Ama Browne Klutse, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), says restoring a water body polluted by illegal mining activities could cost Ghana no less than $300...
Ghana’s fight against Illegal Mining: only 40 out of over 800 illegal miners prosecuted – Minister
Ghana's Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has sounded the alarm on the devastating impact of illegal mining on the country's forest reserves and water bodies....
Let’s install solar CCTV cameras along rivers to monitor galamsey activities-Takoradi MP
Mr Kwabena Okyere-Darko Mensah, the Member of Parliament for Takoradi, has suggested to the government to install solar closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras along the country's rivers and other water bodies...
Lands Minister inaugurates 18-Member Technical Committee to sanitise mining sector
Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Wednesday inaugurated an 18-member technical committee chaired by Professor Martin Oteng-Ababio to develop a blueprint to reform and sanitise...
Ghana will not withdraw from Paris Agreement
Mr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST) designate, says Ghana will not withdraw from the Paris Agreement (PA). The PA is an accord, by nearly...
