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#galamsey — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Slow death by food
    Illegal gold mining is poisoning Ghana’s soil and rivers, seeping into its crops and seafood, and turning the national food system into a long-term public health crisis.

    "the most potent form of ecological violence"

    africasacountry.com/2026/03/sl

    #Africa #Ghana #Galamsey #Gold #Environment #Food #AIAC

  2. L’or illégal ghanéen soupçonné d’apparaître dans les produits d’#Amazon, #Tesla, #Starbucks et #Xerox

    Blanchiment, marché noir, mélange du métal précieux extrait légalement et illégalement dès la sortie de la mine…

    Le Monde : lemonde.fr/international/artic
    Archive : archive.is/RnKn9

    => Galamsey refers to illegal small-scale gold mining in Ghana. The term is derived from the English phrase "gather them and sell".
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galamsey

    #Africa #Ghana #Galamsey #Gold

  3. Lots of discussion in Ghana at the moment about galamsey (in short, illegal gold-mining, but there is more complexity of course!). Causing destruction of cocoa farms (often without owner's consent!) and also ancient/semi-natural forest fragments. Solution is going to be complex and multilayered, but in the meantime it's another challenge for a cocoa sector already under stress.

    #Galamsey #CocoaFarming #SustainableAgriculture

  4. Polluted rivers, uprooted farmland and lost taxes: Ghana counts cost of illegal gold mining boom

    theguardian.com/world/2024/nov

    "The Ghana Water Company’s capacity to supply clean water to some parts of the country has been reduced by 75%. Researchers from the University of Cape Coast say Ghana may have to import water by 2030."

    #Galamsey #Ghana #Africa #Mining #Gold

  5. Polluted rivers, uprooted farmland and lost taxes: #Ghana counts cost of illegal #gold mining boom - theguardian.com/world/2024/nov " The illegal mining is known as “#galamsey”, a pidgin contraction of the phrase “gather them and sell”