Government backing is no EPA permit – Authority warns GoldBod, ministries

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has warned public institutions, including the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), that government backing does not exempt reclamation projects from environmental permitting requirements.

The Authority said projects commissioned, funded, supervised or undertaken on behalf of public institutions must obtain the requisite EPA environmental permit.2504), the EPA said reclamation and restoration activities fall within the environmental assessment and permitting regime.