Galamsey Fight in Ghana: An Analysis of Failure of Government Interventions Since 1989

Illegal gold mining (galamsey) continues to be a threat forest and water resources in Ghana. Even though galamsey is not new Ghana, the use of heavy machines such as excavators bulldozers, chanfans are recent phenomenon causing destruction forests, farmlands river bodies. undermines government’s commitment attainment 17 sustainable development goals. Governments since 1989 have made attempts clamp down on illegal using military interventions. Unfortunately, these programmes failed yield any results. Concerns about natural environment impacts climate change heightened fear This paper, therefore, analyses failure government/military interventions aimed at fighting Ghana 1989. To achieve objective study, qualitative research approach was used. A total 26 individuals were interviewed. Exploratory descriptive designs employed for study. As part data management, collected from fieldwork cleaned edited spelling mistakes inconsistencies before entries analysis. Data analysis carried out manually. Finally, study found that government result lack proper planning dealing with poor collaboration between chiefs/stakeholders. The paper contributes discussion its impact development. Keywords: mining, bodies, interventions, development, livelihood, stakeholders, collaboration.