The world
has awaken to the fact that human survival is
solely linked natural resources such as forest, biodiversity, water
resources and the atmospheric conditions
round us in recent decades.
In Ghana,
livelihood by the larger population is dependent on the forest ecosystem. For
instance, the population derives from the forest medicinal herbs and protein
meat. The forest also protects water sources, provides wood for building, furniture,
among other others.
More
importantly, the forest ecosystem plays a cardinal role in providing
environmental services like rainfall and temperature regulation for
agricultural activities. Hence, the popular saying “if the last tree dies, the
last man dies”. It is therefore a worrisome and breathtaking situation when one
sees parts of the land with the forest being destroyed beyond restoration by
mining activities.
Scientific
information available indicates that almost all the land of Ghana is sitting on
gold and the natural resources. The question therefore is, are we going to
allow the whole country to be mined. Where then do we live, where do we
cultivate and what do we leave for the younger generation and posterity.
We are therefore appealing to government to
review and reverse decisions taken on giving out forest land reserves to mining
companies for gold extraction. This would help curtail poverty in the country
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