Consultations on Ghana’s Lithium Agreement with Barari DV Ghana Limited
Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah, Executive Director of HELP Foundation Africa
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Illegal mining in Ghana has significant negative impacts on wetlands.
World Wetlands Day was celebrated globally on 2nd February 2025 under the theme Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future. Mr. Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah, the Executive Director of HELP Foundation Africa and also the convenor for Fisheries Alliance and the CSOs National Platforms on SDG 14 in a statement on the World Wetlands Day explained that…
Statement By Hon. Dr. Godfred Seidu Jasaw in Commemoration of World
Hon. Dr. Godfred Seidu Jasaw
Galamsey: is State of Emergency Needed or Not ?
Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah, Executive Director of HELP Foundation Africa
REVOCATION of LI 2462 DOES NOT TOTALLY PROTECT FOREST RESERVES FROM MINING,
Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah, Executive Director of HELP Foundation Africa
Safeguarding Ghana’s Wetlands: Experts Call for Urgent Action on Conservation and Restoration
In the Commemoration of the World Wetlands Day marked every year February 5, Pro Environment Africa, a Civil Society Organization based in Ghana organized a Webinar Meeting round-up the event. Held on the 7th February, 2025, the Webinar brought together experts and stakeholders to discuss the critical role of wetlands in Ghana’s ecosystems, food security,…
TRACKING OF THE KEY ACTIONS BY THE NDC GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS GALAMSEY IN GHANA FROM JANUARY TO OCTOBER 2025.
Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah, Executive Director of HELP Foundation Africa
How Galamsey Affects Fisheries in Ghana
Illegal mining (Galamsey) in Ghana is having serious and multifaceted negative effects on fisheries, from the rivers and estuaries inland all the way to coastal marine systems. Overall, galamsey undermines fisheries by polluting waters, destroying habitats, reducing fish reproduction and survival, and reducing incomes and food security. The effects are felt inland (in rivers) and…
Can Ghana’s 2026 Budget Support Sustainable Fisheries and Reduce IUU Fishing
By: Kwadwo Kyei Yamoah, Executive Director: HELP Foundation Africa. Convener: Fisheries Alliance / CSOs SDG 14 Platform, (+233 244817020) kkyeiyams@gmail.com. Executive Summary Ghana’s fisheries sector supports over 3 million livelihoods and provides more than 60 percent of national animal protein. Yet the sector faces a severe decline in fish stocks due to Illegal, Unreported and…
MOB ATTACKS ON NAIMOS
The mob attacks in anti-galamsey enforcement are not spontaneous community reactions. They are often the product of calculated strategic mobilization by kingpins and political activists, because of anticipated immunity from sanction. Until incentives shift to increase the cost of interference and reduce the political value of defending galamsey, such behaviour is likely to persist. The…