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SDG 15
Life on Land
Protect and restore terrestrial ecosystems and halt biodiversity loss.
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Youth, climate and environment engagement
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Research, programmes & evidence.
GIMPA School of Law co-organises 'Galamsey and the Environment' conference
The second edition of Eco-Africa Network’s Climate Justice Conference was held on 20 April 2026 under the theme 'Galamsey and the Environment', with the GIMPA School of Law among the co-organising partners. Sessions examined illegal mining as a threat to the environment and public health, its effects on agriculture, water and food systems, and youth unemployment as a driver of the practice.
Survey of 1,484 Ghanaian vegetable farmers on pesticide use and health
A study by Francis Clottey Odonkor and Prof. Stephen T. Odonkor, published in Crop Protection and featured in GIMPA’s Research Newsletter (March 2026), surveyed 1,484 vegetable farmers on pesticide use. It reports that 75.9% used suitable pesticides while 70% acknowledged negative health effects, and documents unsafe disposal such as burning containers (56.9%).
GIMPA plants tree as one of eight institutions marking UN@80
GIMPA was one of eight institutions in Accra chosen for the UN in Ghana’s '8 Trees for 8 Decades’ symbolic tree planting marking the 80th anniversary of the United Nations. Deputy Rector Prof. Ebenezer Adaku represented the Institute; seedlings of fruit and indigenous species were supplied by the Forestry Commission and custodianship of the trees was assigned to host institutions.
Systematic review of sustainable agricultural practices and food security
Dr Gamel Abdul-Nasser Salifu of the Department of Economics and Applied Mathematics published 'Synergies and trade-offs of sustainable agricultural practices for improved food security in a developing country: a systematic review' in Cogent Food & Agriculture. The review screened about 1,000 articles, of which 120 met the selection criteria, and maps six research fields.
Research: heavy metals in Birim Basin surface water after a one-year mining ban
Prof. Adwoa Yirenkyi-Fianko, Head of GIMPA’s Department of Management Science, published with Jemima Ottou a study of heavy metal concentrations in surface water of the Birim Basin after a one-year ban on artisanal and small-scale mining (Cogent Engineering, 2024). Her listed research interests include environmental sustainability of projects, water quality and treatment, and mining impacts.
GIMPA and KAS seminar on human rights in small-scale mining
GIMPA and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung held a day-long seminar on human rights in Ghana’s small-scale mining sector, attended by mining professionals, academics, human rights activists and officials from ministries and the Forestry Commission. The Rector, Prof. Samuel Kwaku Bonsu, gave the keynote 'Organising Precarity: Ghana’s Artisanal Small-Scale Mining Sector in Five Stanzas’.