Government is to present a new Legislative Instrument (LI) to Parliament aimed at revoking previous regulations that permitted mining activities in these sensitive areas.
The Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Revocation Instrument, 2024 seeks to overturn LI 2462, which had previously allowed mining in certain forest reserves, signalling government's intensified commitment to conserving the nation's environment.
The announcement was made by the Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business in Parliament, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, during a parliamentary session on October 15.
He explained that the new LI was developed by the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, with technical backing from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice and the Attorney-General's Department.