Ghana’s Forests at Risk: The Growing Threat of Mining Interests
In recent years, Ghana has seen a troubling rise in forest loss, with over 18,000 hectares of forests—equivalent to 30,000 football fields—destroyed in 2022 alone. Despite this alarming trend, the Ghanaian government has chosen to loosen restrictions on mining activities, even in areas critical to the country’s biodiversity. These legislative changes, passed in November 2022, have opened the door to further deforestation, particularly in protected forest reserves. Legislative Changes Favor Mining Over Conservation Rather than strengthening protections, the Ghanaian government
