Feature / As gold prices spike across the globe, illegal mining is exploding—and driving the west African country toward ecological collapse. Jocelyn C. Zuckerman This article was produced in ...

Drive an hour south of Kumasi, Ghana’s bustling second city, and before long the dense jungle gives way to denuded hills peppered with rickety timber frames. On every slope, gumbooted workers shovel ...

As gold prices spike across the globe, illegal mining is exploding—and driving the west African country toward ecological collapse. An unhappy prospect: A group of men engaged in illegal gold mining ...

On Dec. 10, 2025, Ghana’s government revoked one of the worst pieces of environmental legislation in our country’s history. The decision to therefore ban mining in Ghana’s forest reserves marked a ...