From Fertile Lands to Polluted Rivers: Bono Region bears cost of galamsey

Seized excavators during galamsey clampdown Correspondence from the Bono Region Long before the rumble of excavators echoed across the landscape in the Bono Region, the region known for its fertile farmlands, thriving forests and flowing rivers was regarded as a “no-go area” for illegal mining.

Within Berekum and surrounding communities, their once-pristine environment has begun to bear the scars of illegal mining as the pollution of Rivers Amoma, Nshimura and Kura now threatens water sources that have long supported farming and other livelihoods.“At first, there was no illegal mining in this community.