Civil Society Analysis
Poverty Reduction or Poverty Exacerbation? World Bank Group Support for Extractive Industries in Africa, Scott Pegg, IUPUI, April 2003 (Acrobat pdf 1 MB). Also available: Français (560 KB)
Reminder letter to Wolfensohn regarding concerns about mining in Ghana's forest reserves, Ghanaian National Coalition of Civil Society Groups Against Mining in Forest Reserves, January 14, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 91.6KB)
World Bank Response to Coalition, December 4, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 400 KB)
Press
A Presentation to the Ghanaian Media, National Coalition of Civil Society Groups Against Mining in Ghana's Forest Reserves, March 31, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 107KB)
No Mining in Forest Reserve, Please, Editorial, Ghanaian Chronicle-Accra, April 6, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 83KB)
Ghanaian Anti-Mining Activists Threatened and Harassed, Environment News Service, July 30, 2003 (Forest Conservation Portal website)
Canadian Mining Companies Destroy Environment and Community Resources in Ghana, MiningWatch Canada press release, July 4, 2003 (MiningWatch Canada website)
Gold Rush in Ghana's Forest Reserve Resisted, Environment News Service, May 13, 2003 (ENS website)
Government Puts the Last Nail in the Coffin of Ghana’s Forests, World Rainforest Movement press release, March, 2003 (WRM website)
Gold Discovered Beneath Ghana's Forest Reserves, Naturalist Network press release, March, 2003 (Naturalist Network website)
Newmont Moves In To Open Ghana’s Closed Forest Reserves, Mines and Communities press release, February, 2003 (Mines and Communities website)
Ghana Opens Door For Mining in Forest Reserves, Third World Network Africa press release, February 1, 2003 (TWN website)
Golden Greed: Trouble Looms Over Ghana's Forest Reserves, World Rainforest Movement press release, February, 2003 (WRM website)
TWN Africa Makes Thirteen Points for Mining Sector Reforms, Third World Network Africa press release (Jatam website)
Useful Web Pages
Third World Network, Africa Mining webpage