Section snippets Introduction and Background. On 1 August 2017, the Government of Ghana launched Operation Vanguard, an exercise designed specifically to eradicate all unlicensed artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) 1 activity in the country. A military intervention involving 400 men drawn from the Ghana Armed Forces, Ghana Air …Web
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Coastal erosion is a serious environmental problem that has caused the loss of private infrastructure and national assets along Ghana's coast. Several hard engineering measures have thus been used to protect some communities and vital state assets when they became threatened. Regardless of this problem, sediment mining activities are …Web
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April 30, 2023, 10:00 AM. Sand in the South China Sea, bauxite in Ghana, rubies in Mozambique, gold in the Central African Republic, coal in Afghanistan. All of these resources are being mined ...Web
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Even before the WRC was given the sole mandate in 1996 of managing water resources in Ghana, a policy was launched in 1994—The National Community Water and Sanitation Program to ensure that water resources were protected. ... Aside illegal mining activities of gold, sand winning in and around water bodies is also destroying water bodies in ...Web
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The present article aims at:. investigating and assessing the environmental impacts of sand mining from rivers. investigating social problems caused by sand mining from river mines. investigating economic impacts of sand work sites on local communities. Considering these goals the article tries to answer these questions: 1.Web
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The original document of the Minerals and Mining Policy of Ghana. Ensuring Mining Contributes to Sustainable Development. DOWNLOAD DOCUMENTWeb
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• There is the need to pursue direct ecological beach management policy in Ghana. a b s t r a c t The increasing urbanization of much of the world's coasts threatens irreversible damages to beach ecosystems, if unchecked. ... Sand mining along the Cape Coast coastline reduction in the level of the activity at Mbofra Akyinim Illegal coastal ...Web
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They said the region loses about four metres of its shoreline annually due to unregulated sand winning or sand mining. Also, comparing photographic maps from 2005 and satellite images from 2014 ...Web
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The sector employs over 1 million rural Ghanaians directly, while the upstream and downstream industries employ 4.5 million people, accounting for 60% of the country's mining workforce.But ...Web
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Sand mining is a global activity that has attracted wide attention due partly to its invaluable positive contributions to development and partly to its negative socio-environmental impacts. While sand mining supports urbanization by providing essential aggregate materials for urban real estate and construction sectors, it however …Web
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Sand mining at the coast is a common phenomenon in developing countries, including Ghana. Although coastal sand mining is illegal and environmentally unfriendly, the beneficiary actors engaged in it often disregard the regulations on the activity and its effects on the environment, once it.Web
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Sand mining: The Greatest Threat To The Coastline of Ghana, Graphic Online (04-24-2014) Ghana's Ongoing Battle Against Coastal erosion (09-09-2011) According to estimates, the ocean claims 1.5 to 2 metres of the 539- kilometres Ghana coastline annually; with the most risky coastal areas, Ada Foah and the Eastern parts of …Web
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the Ghana Revenue Authority (Domestic Tax Division) and about 6% of GDP. Large-scale mining and the Mine Support Services sub-sector employs about 27,000 people, whilst it is estimated that over 1,000,000 people are engaged in the small-scale gold, diamonds, sand winning, quarry and salt industries.Web
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Sand mining is a type of open-cast mining that provides material for the construction sector in Ghana. The construction sector in the coastal areas of Ghana relies heavily on coastal sand and ...Web
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In Ghana, sand mining can create or destroy the livelihoods of people in urban and rural areas. ... The purpose of this study is to review the effectiveness of sand mining policies that are ...Web
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Mining Laws and Regulations Ghana 2024. ICLG - Mining Laws and Regulations - Ghana Chapter covers common issues in mining laws and regulations – including the acquisition of rights, ownership requirements and restrictions, processing, transfer and encumbrance, environmental aspects, native title and land rights. Published: …Web
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The major human anthropogenic activities that contribute to coastal erosion and land degradation along the coast of Ghana are salt panning, mangrove deforestation (UNEP 2007;Mensah 2013), and sand ...Web
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In Ghana, sand mining can create or destroy the livelihoods of people in urban and rural areas. This paper examines the interaction between sand mining and land-based livelihood security in Awutu Senya District (ASD) and Awutu Senya East Municipality (ASEM). Based on pragmatism philosophy, the study used a mixed methods approach to collect ...Web
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Policies, Laws and Regulations Currently in Effect. Ghana Mines and Minerals Act (Act 703), 2006. Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Framework, 2015. Minerals and Mining Policy of Ghana, 2016. ASM Associations or …Web
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Rapid urbanization has increased demand for sand in the construction industry to meet housing and infrastructure needs of urban population. The Dallung-Kukuo catchment of the White Volta River Basin is a major sand mining site for the construction industry in Tamale and other peri-urban communities. On the contrary, the river serves …Web
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Terms of reference for policy-supporting research Sustainable sand mining Promoting sustainable sand mining in developing countries, taking into account transparency, governance and due diligence. 1. Context According to the UNEP, the issues in sand and gravel extraction make it one of the major sustainability challenges of the 21st century.Web
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Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Illegal sand mining in coastal Ghana: The drivers and the way forward" by Justice Mensah et al. Skip to search form Skip to main content Skip to account menu. Semantic Scholar's Logo. Search 214,026,545 papers from all fields of science. Search ...Web
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In Ghana, sand mining has created large trenches that have threatened the buildings built on the hillside placing the life of the inhabitants at great risk. ... Mining and biodiversity: rehabilitating coal mine sites. Policy: A J Pub Policy and Ideas 16(4):8–12. Google Scholar Ross ML (1999) The political economy of the resource curse. World ...Web
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The result is too much uncontrolled sand mining (known as "sand development and too much competition for winning" in Ghana) causes a range of coastal limited resources. Today, coastal areas are …Web
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This article calls for the need of a change of the environmental policy framework in the mining sector in Ghana from state regulations to environmental governance. ... 2002. "Harvesting mineral riches: 1000 years of gold mining in Ghana," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 28(1-2), pages 13-26. Addy, Samuel N, 1998. "Ghana: revival of the mineral ...Web
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Information was collected from eight of the ten regions of the republic of Ghana. It was clear thatthe annual production of crushed rock in Ghana does not meet its demand sincethe average annual ...Web
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In Ghana, over one million people are employed in the small-scale gold, diamond, sand-winning and quarry industries as compared to Large-Scale Mining (LSM) sector which employed just 29,000 people (Minerals Commission, 2013).Web
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Lastly, on sand winning has made you rich, 8% of the winners strongly disagreed and 62% strongly agreed. Mensah (1997) Causes and Effects of Coastal Sand Mining in Ghana Emp irical rev iew of sand min ing studies has been presented from the camp of Mensah (1997) and Musah (2009).Web
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ICLG - Mining Laws and Regulations - Ghana Chapter covers common issues in mining laws and regulations – including the acquisition of rights, ownership requirements and restrictions, processing, transfer and encumbrance, environmental aspects, native title and land rights. Published: 19/09/2023 Hot off the press 04/12/2023 …Web
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4.1 The Volta Delta: Evolution and Biophysical Characteristics. Located in south-eastern Ghana between Longitudes 0° 40′ E and 1° 10′ E and Latitudes 5° 25′ N and 6° 20′ N, the Volta Delta of Ghana covers an area of about 4562 km 2 (Appeaning Addo et al. 2018) (Fig. 4.1 ). The Volta Delta lies within the Keta Basin, which is one of ...Web
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Ghana has abundant mineral reserves in many of its regions, and gold mining remains one of the country's main sources of revenue. Given Ghana's current position in the global gold market, this review provides insight into the ASGM sector to give an understanding of the pertinent issues in the sector and its role in the socio-economic …Web
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HMS mining operations require strip mining of coastal areas with economically exploitable concentrations. Beaches, dunes, and sand bars provide many important ecosystem services such as food provisions, aesthetic, and recreational services, being habitats for intrinsic biodiversity, and providing protection against coastal flooding …Web
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A relevant sub-question, which puts the matter into context is how effective have Ghana's national mining policies been in guiding the development of the Development Minerals sector? Development Minerals are argued by Franks et al. (2016) and Franks (2017) to exhibit a high degree of economic linkage and utilisation.Web
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For the mining sector, the policy objectives considered under the SMTDP (2018 – 2021) are: Ensure sustainable extraction of mineral resources; and Ensure the mining sector is linked with the rest of the economy.Web
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decline in the woodland area could be an evidence of sand mining among other factors as the sand mining area (SMA) recorded a signi cant gain of 18.1% of total land size compared to the 2.7% ...Web
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All groups of people with different interests can constructively contribute to sustainable sand mining for national development. This paper examines how governance processes affect sustainable sand mining in two local government areas in the Central Region of Ghana.Web
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1. Introduction. Sand winning refers to the scooping of sand from portions of the earth's surface for building construction and other developmental purposes (Peprah, 2013).Mattamana et al. (2013) state that sand mining has become an industry giving job opportunities for thousands of people. In the Ahanta West district of Ghana, sand wining …Web
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In recognition of the damage that coastal sand mining activities cause to coastal sustainability and the need to preserve and conserve coastal resources for future generations, beach sand mining has been banned in Ghana; however, it still occurs ( Dawson, 2021 ).Web
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