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Lands Minister Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah Leads Ghana’s Delegation to COP 30 in Brazil

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Lands Minister Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah Leads Ghana’s Delegation to COP 30 in Brazil

Ghana’s Minister of Lands and Natural Resources and Acting Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah (MP), has arrived in Brazil to lead the country’s delegation at the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP 30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The high-level conference, being held in Belém, Brazil’s northern city, brings together world leaders, negotiators, civil society groups, and climate stakeholders to discuss critical issues related to climate action, nature conservation, and sustainable development. As head of Ghana’s delegation, Minister Armah-Kofi Buah is scheduled to deliver Ghana’s statement at the Summit of Heads of State on Thursday, November 6, 2025, representing President H.E. John Dramani Mahama. The a...

Lands Minister tables Legislative Instrument in Parliament to revoke controversial mining law

Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Friday, October 31, formally laid the Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Revocation Instrument, 2025 before Parliament. This action set the stage for effective repealing of Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2501, which had previously amended the controversial L.I. 2462 enacted in 2022. Addressing the Parliamentary Press Corps at Parliament House in Accra, Mr Armah-Kofi Buah said L.I. 2462 was introduced in 2022 to enforce environmental management principles in mining operations within forest reserves. However, he said, the legislation drew widespread criticism for granting excessive discretionary powers to the President, particularly through Regulation 3(2), which allowed presidential approva...

Gov’t to sanitise Minerals Commission’s issuance of mining licenses — Lands Minister

The government of Ghana is to overhaul the mining policy and adopt a bottom-up approach in the licensing regime to ensure sanity in the mining sector. Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Emmanuel Armah-Ko Buah, therefore, has announced that the government will soon undertake fundamental reforms at the Minerals Commission towards achieving President John Mahama’s vision of resetting the nation. Mr. Buah announced this during a staff durbar held at the Minerals Commission headquarters in Accra, on Monday. “Let me sound a word of caution: if you’re not ready to align with the government’s policy and stand our way, then you should start walking out right now. Nobody will be a hurdle to our resetting agenda,” the Minister warned. He added: “We’ll not witch-hunt anyone, but if yo...