85% of Ghanaians call for tighter regulation of natural resource extraction

ewer than half (46%) of citizens think local communities receive a fair share of  revenues from natural resource extraction; just as many (46%) think they don’t.

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Most Ghanaians (85%) want the government to regulate natural resource extraction  such as mining, oil drilling, and wood harvesting more tightly to reduce its negative  impacts on the environment, the latest Afrobarometer survey has revealed.

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On whether local communities receive a fair  share of revenues from nearby natural resource extraction activities, citizens are evenly divided in their views.

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Fewer than half (46%) of citizens think local communities receive a fair share of  revenues from natural resource extraction; just as many (46%) think they don’t.

About only 39% say the benefits of natural resource extraction, such as jobs and  revenue, outweigh negative impacts such as pollution.

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The survey further reveals that only about half of Ghanaians say ordinary citizens have a voice in decisions about  natural resource extraction that takes place near their communities.

Source: norvanreports.com

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