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In Ghana, a Rocha Ghana and Concerned Citizens of Atewa Landscape (CCLA), both non-governmental organizations (NGOs), have urged the government to designate the Atewa Forest Reserve as a national park, to generate additional income for the country.
The NGOs asked the government to review its stance of allowing mining in the Atewa Forest, considering its importance to the livelihood of humans and biodiversity.
Mr. Oteng Adjei, the Public Relations Officer, CCAL, made the call at a press conference on Friday in Accra.
Mr. Adjei said that Atewa Forest is the source of three rivers, Densu, Ayensu and Birim, and there was the need to protect the reserve from any activity that could put these rivers at risk.
A Rocha Ghana, an environmental Non-profit Organization said, it has read the statements made by the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) during a meeting with journalists published on Monday 5 April. A statement signed by Mr Daryl Bosu, Depuy National Coordinator of A Rocha Ghana and copied to the Ghana News Agency n response to GIADEC said, it rejects as ‘propaganda’ an apparent claim that the whole of Atewa Forest will be destroyed by bauxite mining. The statement said, the area it will be ‘playing’ with – a surprising term to use for an activity that will cause so much damage to livelihoods, species, habitats, and clean water – was about 10 per cent or less over 50 years, and would mine 5million tonnes of bauxite in that time.
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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