Aminu Abdul Aziz
University for Development Studies, Ghana
Title: Proposal for the sensitization on galamsey operation in Noyem in the Birim North District in the Eastern region
Biography
Biography: Aminu Abdul Aziz
Abstract
Noyem is a farming community located in the Birim North District of the Eastern region of Ghana. The community faces numerous developmental and environmental challenges which include poor drainage system, land degradation, water for domestic activities, and galamsey activities which is the most trivial developmental problem in the community. Galamsey activities have become a big threat to the lives of people in the community, due to the use of poisonous explosives for its activities, which leads to the emission of gaseous substances into the atmosphere, causing greenhouse effect and climatic change. Climatic change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from millions years. This change in weather condition is caused as a result of human activities, of which galamsey is not an exception. Noyem is faced with variations in solar radiation as a result of the indiscriminate way of extracting minerals stuffs in the community. Also natural resource unsustainability as a result of the galamsey activity occurs out of the indiscriminate digging into the land and pollution of water bodies which causes threats to the aquatic life. Also, the galamsey activities undermine the social life of the people in the community, in the sense that children under age are mostly engaged, whereby some lose their lives or their future become deteriorated. However, problems of the galamsey activity form important reason for Noyem's unsustainable natural resource and climatic change. This proposal therefore seeks to address issues concerning galamsey activities, and to come out with preventive mechanisms to curb the alarming situation. To reduce the negative impacts of galamsey activities in Noyem and to ensure natural resource sustainability and favorable climatic conditions The outcome of this proposal is to improve the state of the water bodies in the Noyem community. Also to enhance the re-filling of the lands in which the galamsey activities take place. Furthermore, to ensure the reduction of environmental degradation.