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GALAMSEY TRACKER
The watch on Ghana's illegal mining · Est. 2026
60%
of Ghana's water bodies polluted by mercury and cyanide leaching from galamsey operations
44
of 288 forest reserves degraded or actively invaded by illegal artisanal mining
7,000+
excavators active across mining corridors, many unregistered and unmonitored
Satellite alerts
GFW Integrated
Hansen + GLAD alerts
Sentinel-1 SAR
+1.65 dB backscatter delta
Reference & community
River turbidity
Landsat-derived NTU index
Forest reserves
FC Ghana boundaries
Time window
2026-08-20
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Active hotspots
Wassa Amenfi
234
Atewa Range
187
Birim North
143
Tano Nimiri
98
Pra Basin
312
Appearance
Data: GFW, Sentinel-1 (Planetary Computer), Minerals Commission, OSM