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Three global manufacturing companies—BMW Group, Tetra Pak and Schüco International—have signaled concern over the use of bauxite sourced from Ghana’s Atewa Forest for aluminium, stating that they would be unwilling to accept these supply chains due to the catastrophic and irreversible effects on the people and wildlife that depend on the forest. Atewa Forest is a Key Biodiversity Area teeming with thousands of species, and a source of clean drinking water for more than 5 million Ghanaians.
“Saving Atewa Forest from mining should be an inter-generational priority, and we are happy and grateful that big businesses in the aluminium value chain understand the importance of a healthy forest and the environmental services it provides,” said Oteng Adjei, president of the Concerned Citizens of Atewa Landscape (CCAL), the grassroots movement advocating against bauxite mining in Atewa Forest and the recipient of letters from all three companies. “We appreciate their commitment to supporting local and international efforts to secure Atewa Forest against bauxite mining that is certain to destroy the forest, its water services and biodiversity.”