Industrial Waste 2012
DOI: 10.5772/35740
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Mining or Our Heritage? Indigenous Local People’s Views on Industrial Waste of Mines in Ghana

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“…However, the small proportion of respondents within the ATR participating in galamsey was not surprising. The ATR leans strongly to projecting and promoting natural resource conservation through the establishment of sacred groves and the use of customs, including taboos to trigger conservational agenda ( Ofosu-Mensah, 2010 ; Awuah-Nyamekye and Sarfo-Mensah, 2012 ). As a result, the land and minerals are revered by these traditional worshipers as gods.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…However, the small proportion of respondents within the ATR participating in galamsey was not surprising. The ATR leans strongly to projecting and promoting natural resource conservation through the establishment of sacred groves and the use of customs, including taboos to trigger conservational agenda ( Ofosu-Mensah, 2010 ; Awuah-Nyamekye and Sarfo-Mensah, 2012 ). As a result, the land and minerals are revered by these traditional worshipers as gods.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These results were expected because both past and recent scholars have indicated that the growth in numbers of believers in foreign religions such as Christianity and Islam at the expense of the African traditional beliefs and practices partly contribute to the proxies of environmental destruction by illegal miners in local communities. For instance, reverence for places of worship (that is, homes of deities such as sacred groves) has been lost and the illegal miners enter these sacred places with impunity to mine ( Ofosu-Mensah, 2010 ; Awuah-Nyamekye and Sarfo-Mensah, 2012 ; Baddianaah et al., 2021b , Baddianaah et al., 2021a ).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The Ashanti proverbs are also used to educate and advise members of the society to conserve the forests for future generations (Awuah-Nyamekye, 2013; Gyekye, 1996). Awuah-Nyamekye (2009) indicated that the Ashantis’ songs are easily sung by every member of the society and unconsciously taught people the expected codes and laws of the land. People naturally learnt the importance of natural resource conservation through them and ensured that their lives were consistent with what these songs taught.…”
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“…The mining industry, particularly Gold, may be said to be as old as humanity. 13 Available literature and oral sources note that the mining industry in Ghana pre-dates the arrival of Europeans in the country in 1471. 14 Ghana was said to have accounted for 36 % of total world gold output (8,153,426 fine ounces) between 1493 and 1600.…”
Section: An Overview Of the Mining Industry In Ghanamentioning
confidence: 99%