causes of conflicts within mining areas in ghana

Mining and resettlement communities in Ghana

Mining-induced displacement and resettlement is not only an issue of individual human rights violations, but also of collective rights, community-company conflicts, the …

Drivers and drags of speculative land developments in a …

Declaration of mining area without immediate compensation exacerbated speculation. ... It is a risk-taking venture and players may lose in that venture and may not cause any conflict in some industries. ... This deficiency appeared to have precipitated the evolution and growth of speculative development activities within Ghana's mining ...

Resolving Water Conflicts in Mining Areas of Ghana …

This article attempts to understand the causes underlying the mining-related water conflicts in Ghana using the TOV theory. Using this theory, the article proposes a …

Mining as a Factor of Social Conflict in Ghana

(Junner, 1958; Kwakye, 2007). Mining related conflicts in Pre-colonial Ghana The causes of conflicts within the traditional Ghanaian society were varied and numerous in nature and included among others; chieftaincy disputes, access to direct trade on the coast, inter-state or tribal clashes resulting from ambitious expansionist schemes etc.

LAND CONFLICTS IN GHANA, CAUSES, EFFECTS AND RESOLUTION …

Conflicts over land are a major problem to the management of lands in. Ghana. Land cases constitute about 59% out of the total cases in court. Meanwhile the average increase of land cases per ...

Socio-environmental impacts of diamond mining areas in …

The prevalence of conflict events in diamond mining areas shows a similar increase-decrease behavior as the mining areas themselves, with a peak in 2010, when 14% to 21% of all conflicts in DRC happened in diamond mining areas. In the same year, mining in the east of the country was banned (Geenen, 2012). The conflict data present …

Strained Relations: A Critical Analysis of the Mining Conflict …

Abstract and Figures. This paper examines the dynamics of the ongoing conflict in Prestea, Ghana, where indigenous galamsey mining groups are operating illegally on a concession awarded to Bogoso ...

(PDF) Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: …

Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: Is community engagement the answer?

ILLEGAL MINING AS THREAT TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA…

Causes of Illegal Gold Mining in Ghana Literature and observations highlight what is classified in this paper as major and minor causes of illegal mining in Ghana. These are conditions that compel people to venture into artisanal mining and by their modes of operation and in the light of regulations considered as illegal mining.

The Impact of Mining on the Ghanaian Economy: A

SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies W a, Ghana. Phone: 0249307101. Email: [email protected]. ABSTRACT. This review examines the impact of mining on the Ghanaian ...

Mining, Forests and Land-use Conflict: The Case of Ghana …

Conflicts over forests and trees threaten the sustainability of the resource base. The nature and causes of such conflicts have been documented, but little is known about factors that determine ...

Why is Ghana losing the war against illegal gold mining

Ghana, like most resource-rich countries, is saddled and inundated with resource curse challenges. Key among them is the problem of illegal small-scale gold mining activities (ISSGMAs), which is mercilessly robbing the nation of its ecological integrity, despite attempts by successive governments to remedy the situation. In the …

Strained relations: A critical analysis of the mining conflict …

This paper examines the dynamics of the ongoing conflict in Prestea, Ghana, where indigenous galamsey mining groups are operating illegally on a concession awarded to Bogoso Gold Limited (BGL), property of the Canadian-listed multinational Gold Star Resources. Despite being issued firm orders by the authorities to abandon their …

CSR and local conflicts in African mining communities

Recent research finds that the opening of mines in Africa increases the risk of local protests and conflict. However, few empirical studies have analysed the effect of …

The Politicisation of the Atewa Forest Reserve in Ghana

The paper points out that setting up such an Authority is in conflict with the Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) as amended by Act 900 and the Minerals Commission Act …

(PDF) "Unearthing the Hidden Costs: Exploring the

ABSTRACT. Illegal mining in Ghana has become a significant challenge, giving rise to various social conflicts and acts. of violence within affected communities. …

(PDF) Conflict, collusion and corruption in small …

As gold prices soared from 2008 onwards, tens of thousands of foreign miners, especially from China, entered the small-scale mining sector in Ghana, despite it being 'reserved for Ghanaian ...

Conflicts between mining companies and

Incompatible goals between stakeholders (e.g., preserving natural resources and historical property) and mining companies (e.g., increasing company revenues) often produce conflicts that are not easy to resolve in symbiotic ways (Banerjee et al., 2021).The ICMM notes that the primary causes (i.e., the triggers for protests or use of force) and the …

CSR and local conflicts in African mining communities

In Model 2, we add mining area-fixed effects and therefore identify the effect of a temporal variation in CSR on conflicts within the same mining area over time. Hence, we get rid of any time-invariant omitted variable bias. ... Evidence from mining in Ghana. The Economic Journal, 126 (597) (2016), pp. 1980-2011, 10.1111/ecoj.12244. View in ...

Causes and Effects of Coastal Sand Mining in Ghana

Metropolitan Area with rates of erosion exceeding 2 m per year in critical areas such as Labadi. They recognise that coastal erosion arises from both natural and human causes. In Ghana, natural causes of erosion are related to sea level rise, estimated at 2 mm per annum (Ibe & Quelennec, 1989) while "human induced erosion is caused by removal ...

(PDF) Mining as a Factor of Social Conflict in Ghana

Mining as a Factor of Social Conflict in Ghana. Authors: Emmanuel Ofosu-Mensah Ababio. University of Ghana. Abstract and …

Addressing Mining Sector Conflicts in Ghana

In Ghana, a significant cause of conflict is the failure of the sector's growth to adequately trickle down and improve the living conditions and overall development of the indigenes of mining and the surrounding communities, which bear the brunt of …

Mining, Environment and Community Conflicts: A Study of …

Wassa Association of Communiti es Affected by Mining (2013) Mining is destroying livelihoods in Ghana [online] available at: [Assessed 11 March 2013] [27] Whitem an, G. and K. Mam en (2002) Examining justice and conflict between mining companies and indigenous peoples: Cerro Colorado and the Ngabe-Bugle in Panama, …

Galamsey menace: Causes, effects and solutions …

The high incidence of "galamsey" or illegal mining in recent times, have been on several discussions and heated debates for some time now and has perplexed the minds of the general public in Ghana.

(PDF) Identifying the Sources, Causes and Costs Of Conflicts …

These variables and their responses are presented in tables in this section. Table 1 shows the relationship between sources and causes of conflicts and age profile of respondents in Prestea mining community. Respondents (1,126) representing 93.83% indicated that land use is the major source and cause of conflict in the Prestea mining community.

Unemployment; the cause of conflicts in mining areas

By Kizito CUDJOE, Kumasi A study conducted by the Centre for African Elections Media Monitoring Index (CAEMMI) has identified unemployment as the strongest trigger of conflict across the ...

The dynamics and livelihood implications of illegal mining in Ghana…

Abstract. Discourses on "illegal" or informal small‐scale mining (galamsey) have presented it largely as a menace. Using Ghana as the focus of our study, we present a counter‐narrative to ...

Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: …

Apr 2016. ACAD MANAGE J. Heli Wang. Li Tong. Riki Takeuchi. Gerard George. Identifying the Sources, Causes and Costs of Conflicts in the Prestea Mining Community. Article. …

Grievance and conflict in Ghana's gold mining industry: The …

Abstract. This paper critically explores the key issues of grievance and conflict unfolding in Ghana's gold mining industry. It examines the dynamics of conflict between illegal artisanal and small-scale miners (ASM) and one large-scale mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, in Obuasi. The paper reveals the peculiar nature of the …

(PDF) Identifying the Sources, Causes and Costs of Conflicts …

Identifying the Sources, Causes and Costs Of Conflicts in the Prestea. Mining Community. Obed Adonteng-Kissi. La Trobe University, Department of Social Inquiry, College of Arts, Social Sciences ...