General News of Saturday, 18 January 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comAtewa forest dying because of ‘galamsey’ not bauxite mining – Prof. Frimpong Boatengplay videoMinister for Environment, Science, Tech and Innovation, Prof Frimpong BoatengMinister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Frimpong Boateng, has chided environmentalists, residents and other stakeholders condemning government’s decision to engage in bauxite mining at Atewa forest when the area is actually being affected by works of illegal miners. Prof. Frimpong Boateng, in an interview with www.ghanaweb.com,, indicated how some residents and other entities were at the forefront of illegal small-scale mining activities in the area, a situation he described as worrying. “…right now, Atewa forest, in the Eastern Region, that area is under attack by illegal mining. And I find it strange that these so-called environmentalists are not coming to us or helping us fight the pressing attack on Atewa, but they always talk about bauxite mining. I have seen some people who are shouting bauxite, bauxite but in a way are involved in illegal mining activities going on right now in Atewa forest,” he stressed.

Source: GhanaWeb January 18, 2020 12:00 UTC