{"id":394561,"date":"2017-06-06T14:24:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T14:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/06\/ngo-proposes-four-pronged-approach-in-dealing-with-galamsey-menace\/"},"modified":"2017-06-06T14:24:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T14:24:21","slug":"ngo-proposes-four-pronged-approach-in-dealing-with-galamsey-menace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/06\/ngo-proposes-four-pronged-approach-in-dealing-with-galamsey-menace\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO proposes four-pronged approach in dealing with galamsey menace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Global Agenda Services (GAS) Ghana, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has proposed a four-pronged approach by which the government can deal with the menace of illegal mining (galamsey) on a sustainable basis.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference in Accra, the Executive Director of GAS Ghana, Ing. Evans Arthur, said the issue of galamsey \u201cneeds a more technical and scientific approach to deal with, than what is presently going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>He said his outfit was ready to partner the government through the Ministries of Lands and Natural Resources and Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation to deal with the problem of galamsey.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Ing. Arthur said his organisation had developed four thematic areas; namely, operation living waters, operation burying the dig, operation one man, one tree and operation one district, one mine, which the government could adopt in addressing the galamsey menace.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>On \u2018Operation living waters,\u2019 Ing. Arthur explained that when given the go-ahead, the organisation would immediately put in place measures to rescue water bodies from destruction.He said that approach would fall within an emergency exercise of treating rivers and dams which have been polluted through the use of cyanide and mercury.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>He said that approach would fall within an emergency exercise of treating rivers and dams which have been polluted through the use of cyanide and mercury.On \u2018Operation burying the dig,\u2019 the executive director stated that destroyed vegetation and farmlands would be restored to their natural elements.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>On \u2018Operation burying the dig,\u2019 the executive director stated that destroyed vegetation and farmlands would be restored to their natural elements.In the case of \u2018Operation one man, one tree,\u2019 Ing. Arthur explained that it would involve the restoration of lost forestry.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>In the case of \u2018Operation one man, one tree,\u2019 Ing. 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