WHO WE ARE
Ghana is blessed with abundant natural resources - green vegetation, shimmering rivers and water bodies, a beautiful shoreline, and generous amounts of mineral and oil deposits. One would expect that these resources would be exploited in a sustainable manner to fuel the country’s growth into a more prosperous future, while preserving the quality of life of her people.
Unfortunately, in the past few years, illegal and irresponsible mining practices and illegal mining (aka Galamsey), made possible by lackluster supervision and lax regulatory regimes, coupled with institutionalized corruption, have left unspeakable devastation in most of the country.
Millions of Ghanaians have been affected by the unparalleled devastation in many communities, especially in the Western, Western North, Ashanti, Central, Brong Ahafo, Ahafo and Northern regions of Ghana. Rivers like Pra, Ankobra, Tano, Offin, Birim, White Volta, Subile and large lagoons and water bodies like the Juen Lagune and Abby Lagoon between the Ghana and La Côte D’Ivoire border have been destroyed from Mercury and silt contamination. Mercury poisoning is now very evident in many communities. Outside of Mining, the environmental effects of Oil and Gas activities, amid the unequitable distribution of wealth from these finite resources point to an unsustainable future for the country.
It is in the light of this that we have formed the Ghana Environmental Advocacy Group (G.E.A.G). GEAG is made up of people from Ghana, both home and abroad, who care about the environment and the people who are being so unfairly impacted by the destruction and unsustainable exploitation of our water bodies, vegetation, and land.
Ghana Environmental Advocacy Group (G.E.A.G). GEAG is made up of people from Ghana, both home and abroad, who care about the environment and the people who are being so unfairly impacted by the destruction and unsustainable exploitation of our water bodies, vegetation, and land.
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Stop the environmental degradation and destruction of Ghanaian water bodies from irresponsible mining.
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OUR OBJECTIVES
The objects of Ghana Environmental Advocacy Group include:
- To use traditional & new media, local and international, to expose the activities of irresponsible and illegal miners and those engaged in inequitable exploitation of finite natural resources within Ghana.
- To bring to the attention of Ghanaians and the broader world the level of destruction of rivers, arable land and vegetation and entire communities because of irresponsible mining to force the agencies in charge to act.
- To expose to the world the impact of these activities on people living along the destroyed water bodies in Ghana and La Cote D’Ivoire and in other mining communities in Ghana.
- To work with the governments, parliamentarians, the judiciary, opinion leaders and key stakeholders in Ghana and the Ivory Coast to seek solutions to this problem, relief for the people impacted and restoration of the destroyed water bodies and vegetation.
- To seek and work with environmental protection agencies, advocates and human rights lawyers to bring relief and reparation to the affected communities
- To pressurize the government of Ghana to implement alternative livelihood programs to help jobless young people engaged in Galamsey to go into agriculture, entrepreneurial and related ventures.
- To sensitize Galamseyers and people living in mining communities on the harmful effects of mercury and other chemicals used in illegal mining activities, and their responsibilities and rights as people living in these communities.
- To raise funds to invest in agriculture, agro processing and other less capital-intensive businesses to employ unemployed young people ready to work.
- To highlight other activities that adversely affect the environment in Ghana and advocate for positive change.
- Any other activities that are deemed necessary to achieve the Group’s stated objectives.