Environmental NGO, A Rocha Ghana, has described as unfounded the claim that the repeal of L.I. 2462 could lead to widespread mining activities in forest reserves.
It comes after the Director of the Mining Department at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Michael Sandow Ali, raised concerns over the proposed move to repeal the Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Regulations, 2022 (L.I. 2462).
He cautioned that repealing the regulation without introducing a stronger, more comprehensive law could lead to widespread, unregulated mining activities in forest reserves.
He warned that, if the law is repealed, there would be anarchy in the forest reserves, stressing that, the L.I.