As part of efforts to address the escalating environmental crisis posed by irresponsible and illegal mining, the instrument to repeal the controversial Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462, officially titled the Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Regulations, 2022, has been laid before Parliament.
The instrument, laid during proceedings on Thursday, March 20, 2025, seeks to reverse the law that permitted mining in forest reserves - a decision widely blamed for exacerbating illegal mining, or "galamsey," and threatening Ghana's ecology.
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bernard Ahiafor, presiding over Thursday's proceedings, referred the repeal instrument, formally known as the Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) (Revocation) Instrument, 2025, to the Subsidiary Legislation Committee for consideration.
The First Deputy Speaker further instructed the Lands and Natural Resources Committee to join the Subsidiary Legislation Committee in reviewing the instrument.
