Reports, advocacy briefings, and press statements from the communities WACAM works alongside.
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The government has been urged to respect the principle of Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in mining or oil exploration activities. The Associate Executive Director of Wacam, Mrs Hannah Owusu-Koranteng, who made …
Wacam has held its 6th Annual Conference with a call on the government to ensure that the consent of communities is sought before undertaking any mining or onshore oil exploration activity. In her welcome address, the …
The Executive Director of Wacam, Mr Daniel Owusu-Koranteng, has underscored that the focus of Wacam, since its inception, has been to impart knowledge to people in mining communities in the country. This, he said, has …
Wacam, a community-based human rights and environmental mining advocacy, has charged students of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UNER) in Sunyani in the Bono Region to be environmental stewards. Accordi…
Resettled Dormaa Kantinka residents currently at Kenyasi No. 1 in the Ahafo Region have made a passionate appeal to Wacam and its partners to impress upon Newmont to provide them with some cushion to enable them fend fo…
Care International in Ghana has lapped praises upon Wacam for its good works aimed at empowering and helping to improve the lot of people in mining communities across the country. The Project Coordinator of CARE Intern…
Research by the Dean of the School for Development Studies, University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr Emmanuel Yamoah Tenkorang, and Dr Yaw Asamoah of the University of Education, Winneba has stressed the need for the Free, Pr…
Section 17 of the Minerals and Mining Act 2006 (Act 703), which grants water rights to mining companies should be totally repealed, the Associate Executive Director of Wacam, a community based human rights and environme…
A research on exploring local content for participation in gold and gas exploitation in Ghana has charged government and mining companies to offer training, especially the youth in mining communities, across the country…
Amid the increasing global energy transition campaign, it has become imperative for captains of the country’s energy industry to rethink onshore petroleum exploration and imminent extraction at the Voltarian Basin…
