Sentences with phrase «doing illegal mining»

«They were arrested whilst they were doing the illegal mining.

As it stands now, the army has not and will not authorize anybody to engage in protecting galamseyers, those doing illegal mining.

Not exact matches

Akufo - Addo led government is doing what is contained in the 2016 manifesto of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in respect to fighting illegal mining activities nationwide, the party's Ashanti Regional Communications Director, Mr. Akwasi Kyei has said.

The simple point I made is that we have tried it before, we have gone after these young people with soldiers and it did not work and so the best way to go is while you stop them from doing illegal small - scale mining, be working on providing them with alternatives,» he added.

He said his government is not against mining but is against the illegal manner it is done which ends up polluting the country's waterbodies.

But we need to apply wisdom because we've chased young people involved in illegal small - scale mining with soldiers in the past in this country, but it didn't work,» the former President had said.

A former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini, has lamented that he did not get the necessary support from stakeholders when he tried waging war on illegal mining in the country with the use of drones.

Engaging in galamsey — the popular term for illegal small - scale mining — is what he and his colleagues do in order to feed their families.

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said that government intends to sustain its fight against illegal mining by using an aggressive approach where necessary, to ensure that the culprits do not return to the site when the reclamation program begins.

It has emerged that persons who indulge in small scale illegal mining also known as galamsey, do not only operate during the day, but also at night.

Consider the huge cost to the economy now for reparation work that must be done following the evil consequences of illegal mining (galamsey) the economy tolerated for bad administration....

He warned that the government will resist all forms of illegal mining in the state, describing the damage done to the site as too enormous.

Just because we want to end illegal mining doesn't mean we must do it without respecting basic human rights.

Once any particular development corridor is established, Pandora's Box will be opened and there won't be very much that one can do to control the onslaught of hunting, habitat disruption, and legal and illegal mining activities.

The recommendations are all the more critical given that the models don't take into account other threats to lemurs and the many animals that share their forest home, the researchers say.Every year, thousands of acres of Madagascar's forests disappear due to illegal logging, mining and burning to clear space for crops.