Savanna looks to mine limestone in forest reserve in Ghana

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• Dr GKA 9 years ago

  fantastic, this is the way to go, for citizens to be able to ask big business how they going to address their concerns before mining takes place. congrats to EPA, Lands and Forestry commission guys at Northern region for such ...
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  fantastic, this is the way to go, for citizens to be able to ask big business how they going to address their concerns before mining takes place. congrats to EPA, Lands and Forestry commission guys at Northern region for such a programme

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• Canadasheabutter( GhUWR ) 9 years ago

  Enviromental degradation , lost of vital shea & locust trees doesn't warrant such issuance of licence to destroy ecological protected sensitive forest for short term gain
  
  The impact of global warming is real & some these p ...
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  Enviromental degradation , lost of vital shea & locust trees doesn't warrant such issuance of licence to destroy ecological protected sensitive forest for short term gain
  
  The impact of global warming is real & some these policies shall hugely affect global warming

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• fun 9 years ago

  I will reject this proposal as aleader of the country. What about reserving those limesrones for the future generations along with forest. If gold, oil and other minerals can solve the economic problems, then what. Else..

  I will reject this proposal as aleader of the country. What about reserving those limesrones for the future generations along with forest. If gold, oil and other minerals can solve the economic problems, then what. Else..

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• GHANABA 9 years ago

  They should stop this environmental vandalism through their reckless corporate greed.
  
  NOW READ THIS:
  
  
  'Country bumpkin' farmer who turned down £275MILLION from developers for his land says 'We are being bullied, but w ...
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  They should stop this environmental vandalism through their reckless corporate greed.
  
  NOW READ THIS:
  
  
  'Country bumpkin' farmer who turned down £275MILLION from developers for his land says 'We are being bullied, but we are not afraid to stand up to them'
  Robert Worsley, 48, has been offered the cash for his farm in West Sussex
  He was approached about the sale by agents for housebuilder Mayfield
  But he has rejected the offer, which is 100 times the farm's current value .
  
  
  
  
  A farmer who rejected a £275million offer for his land from housing developers has said he is 'not afraid to stand up to them'.
  Robert Worsley said he feared 'country bumpkins' like himself would be 'steamrolled' and that he believed the community was ready to stand together to protect their homes.
  The 48-year-old father of two has run his 550-acre, near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, for the last 15 years.
  He was approached by agents for housebuilder Mayfield more than two years ago. Since then, the company has contacted Mr Worsley a number of times, trying to persuade him to sell.
  Defiant: Farmer Robert Worsley, pictured in front of his home, rejected a £275million offer for his land.
  
  
  He said: 'It worries me that locally we could simply be steamrollered. It does seem like we are being bullied, but we are not afraid to stand up to them.'
  He said that the company was pushing the plans by using the argument that the homes would be for the ‘greater good’ of the community. But he argued that the local infrastructure would not be able to cope.
  He said: 'We are a rural community who don’t want this development, who don’t want to see Sussex ruined.
  
  I hope the people in that part of Ghana will read this and tell them to bugger off.

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• JJ 9 years ago

  I though forest reserves were off limit to mining now?

  I though forest reserves were off limit to mining now?

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