The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has coordinated the prompt discontinuance of all unlawful mining, referred to locally as galamsey, on water bodies the nation over. The order, in accordance with Sections 2 and 3b (ii) of the Environmental Protection Act, 2025 (Act 1124), applies to both small- and large-scale mining activities.
In an explanation dated January 28, Acting CEO of the EPA, Professor Nana Ama Browne Klutse, communicated worry over the everyday obliteration of water bodies brought about by these exercises.
She featured the serious wellbeing and natural dangers presented by galamsey and focused on the requirement for all mining activities with comply rigorously to guidelines.
Late reports and examinations have uncovered the continuous obliteration brought about by mining exercises in and around our water bodies, a training that presents huge dangers to our , ecosystems, public health, and future generations.
All mining exercises should stringently agree with environmental laws , including acquiring the vital allows and carrying out feasible mining rehearses that limit environmental impacts. .
Prof. Klutse further expressed that the EPA, as a team with the Ministry of Environment, Science, and Technology (MEST), the Minerals Commission, the Water Resources Commission, and relevant security agencies,
- Seize equipment used in illegal mining operations in line with applicable laws.
- Intensify surveillance and inspections of mining sites.
- Prosecute individuals and organisations found violating environmental laws.
