Deep in Ghana’s Eastern Region lies a forest reserve that holds one of the country’s most remarkable biodiversity secrets — the Atewa Forest Range Reserve, home to an extraordinary concentration of butterfly species and other rare forms of life. With reports indicating that about 70–77 percent of Ghana’s known butterfly species can be found in …
As Ghana faces growing concerns over climate change, rising temperatures and pressure on water resources, environmental experts are drawing attention to the Atewa Forest Reserve as one of the country’s most critical ecosystems for climate resilience and biodiversity protection. Located in the Eastern Region, the Atewa Forest is one of Ghana’s remaining upland evergreen forests …
How we feed the future is a critical challenge of our time. Yet too often, the focus remains on land, forgetting that the ocean is already a vital source of nutrition for billions of people. That oversight is costly. The ocean is under growing pressure, with an estimated 60% of the world’s marine ecosystems already …
Do not always smell the elephant. Pause, read, learn, and understand. In the past few days, news has circulated that the Minerals Commission has requested mining companies to transfer certain operations to local contractors. As usual, the conversations have been divided along partisan lines. While one side supports the move, others have been critical, often …
The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) was established with a clear and ambitious mandate: to maximise the value of Ghana’s mineral revenues, invest them prudently, and secure long-term benefits for both present and future generations. The Fund is governed by the Minerals Income Investment Fund Act, 2018 (Act 978), as amended, with Section 2 outlining …
Of Murky Beginnings Heath Goldfields announced its first gold pour on 19th February 2026. The mine had been dormant for two years. Fourteen hundred workers, the company said, were back on payroll. The Trafigura offtake agreement for 700,000 ounces of gold doré, with $65 million in debt financing, followed within weeks. Bloomberg picked up the …
Deep in Ghana’s Eastern Region, in a forest reserve that has been described as one of the most ecologically important landscapes in all of West Africa, something unusual is happening. A mining company is not just cleaning up after itself. It is actively working to make the forest better than it found it. The Atewa …
Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng Introduction: When the Safe Haven Breaks. Gold’s recent collapse which is its worst weekly performance since 1983, has sent shock waves through global markets and a drop in gold stocks and ETFs. For an asset long regarded as the ultimate store of value, such a sharp correction appears counterintuitive and inverse, …
Financial institutions (FIs) worldwide are at significant risk of exposure to the illegal wildlife trade (IWT), a crime that threatens biodiversity, destabilizes ecosystems, and fuels other criminal activities, according to a new report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and financial crime risk platform Themis. The report highlights that IWT affects thousands of …
Ghana has reaffirmed its pledge to achieve 100% sustainable management of its ocean space by 2030 at a high-level Stakeholder Workshop on the Ocean Panel Progress Report 2026, held on February 26 in Accra. Organised by the SDGs Advisory Unit at the Office of the President, the workshop brought together representatives from ministries, departments and …
