Public Forum 2025

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DAY 1: MONDAY JUNE 02, 2025
The Challenge of Galamsey for Sustainable Development

Topic A: Ecological and Environmental Damage
Speaker: Erastus Asare Donkor

Topic B: The Social and Economic Damage
Speaker: Dr. Ken Ashigbe

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DAY 2: MONDAY JUNE 03, 2025
The Costs of Repair

Topic A: Bioremediation, Rehabilitation, Monitoring, and
Coordination
Speaker: Prof. Mike Osei Atwereboana, Director, Water
Research Institute, CSIR

Topic B: Health costs: Human and Ecological Assessment
Speaker: Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosah, FGA

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DAY 3: MONDAY JUNE 04, 2025
Proffering Solutions

Topic A: Overhaul of National Institutions Regulating Mining:
Role of Local Institutions, Including Chiefs
Speaker: Mr. Ace Ankomah, Esq, FGA

Topic B: A National Debate to Regularise Mining: Role of
Stakeholders, including Local Communities and
Politicians
Speakers: Prof. Mamaa Entsua-Mensah, FGA and Prof.