Observed arrival · 2026-11-01
Galamsey Tracker maps land clearing across Ghana’s gold belt
The site tracks satellite-observed land clearing near towns and villages in eight areas of Ghana’s southern gold belt, alongside mining-licence data.
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- Ghanaian communities, journalists, and land monitors
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- The “Likely galamsey” label is the project’s inference, based on unlicensed cleared land and water seen in or beside the patch.
Field notes
The page pairs dated satellite images with measurements of cleared land near mapped settlements and licence-register checks. Its label “Likely galamsey” is an inference: the project applies it when land has no listed mining licence and water appears in or beside the cleared patch. The project also notes two limits: OpenStreetMap misses some villages, and the weekly update is late, so the reported coverage may be incomplete or behind recent changes.
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