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Successful campaign proves Ghana’s forests are worth more than gold (commentary) (news.mongabay.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/treehuggers@slrpnk.net
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  • An unprecedented campaign recently pushed Ghana’s government to repeal legislation allowing mining in forest reserves.
  • Originally passed in 2022, the regulations had opened up nearly 90% of Ghana’s forest reserves to mining, but the campaign spurred nationwide protests, petitions, a strike and a prayer walk on the streets of Accra.
  • “Together, we rallied behind the idea that our forests are more important to us than gold. But as momentous as repealing the legislation is, it’s only a staging post in a longer journey to end the devastation that mining is inflicting in Ghana,” a new op-ed argues.
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Successful campaign proves Ghana’s forests are worth more than gold (commentary) (news.mongabay.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/mining@lemmy.ca
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  • An unprecedented campaign recently pushed Ghana’s government to repeal legislation allowing mining in forest reserves.
  • Originally passed in 2022, the regulations had opened up nearly 90% of Ghana’s forest reserves to mining, but the campaign spurred nationwide protests, petitions, a strike and a prayer walk on the streets of Accra.
  • “Together, we rallied behind the idea that our forests are more important to us than gold. But as momentous as repealing the legislation is, it’s only a staging post in a longer journey to end the devastation that mining is inflicting in Ghana,” a new op-ed argues.