Ghana is confronted with a lot of environmental issues. The government tried its best to curb these problems but to no avail ended up doing nothing at all.
One which I would like to highlight on and it is very risky and deadly is Illigal Mining.

Illigal Mining also known in the local parlance as Galamsey is the absence of land rights, mining license, exploration or mineral transportation permit or of any document that could legitimate the on-going operations.

On November 12, 2009 a collapse occurred in an illegal, privately owned mine in Dompoase, Ashanti Region, Ghana. At least 18 workers were killed, including 13 women, who worked as porters for the miners. Officials have described the disaster as the worst mine collapse in Ghanaian history

I want to stress that air, water, rains, food, carbon sink and wind break, among others, termed forest ecosystem, were being destroyed by illegal mining operators by damaging water bodies, illegal chainsaw operators by felling trees and hunters by burning the bush.

According to the news, since government can?t stop them from doing this, Non-Governmental Organizations and Donor Agencies in the country have been urged to put pressure on illegal mining operations (galamsey) to curb their activities.

And also when the affected communities collaborate with these advocacy groups, it could bring moral pressure to bear on members of their communities, who are damaging the environment by engaging in galamsey.

Education is very important in handling these situation.
Greetings from Ghana