The data reported in this table are statistical information about the Socio-Demographic information, the Environmental impact of Artisanal Mining (Galamsey) activities and the location of the mining activities. This data captures the location of Artisanal Mining (Galamsey) for Atiwa East, Atiwa West & Fanteakwa South district. It also reveals the spatial distribution and time series of these producers over the entire district. Further, it looks at the mining methods, chemicals used, health challenges and many such themes.

The data reported in this table are statistical information about the Socio-Economic information about charcoal producers and the location of the charcoal production activities. This data captures the location of all charcoal production sites for the Kintampo North district. It also reveals the spatial distribution and time series of these producers over the entire district and further looks at Health Hazards, the scale of production, Livelihood and economic situations,Gender and many of such themes.

The Ghana hydrology_line layer is a linear feature representing all major rivers, minor rivers, streams, channels, drains, creeks etc in Ghana. Also indicated are annual and perennial water channels in Ghana.

The data reported in this table are statistical infromation about the Socio-Demographic information, Environmental impact about Artisanal Mining (Galamsey) activities and and the location of the minig activities. This data captures the location of Artisanal Mining (Galamsey) for Abuakwa South district. It also reveals the spatial distribution and time series of these producers over the entire district and further looks at the of mining methods, chemicals used, health challenges and many of such themes.

Ghana Forest Reserves layer is the surveyed protected flora and fauna and it cosist of Dense tree canopy cover.

Ghana Forest Reserves layer is the surveyed protected flora and fauna and it cosist of Dense tree canopy cover.

These footprints were analysed from Sentinel 1 and Sentinel 2 satellite imageries for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Raster layers of illicit mining areas were derived from these imageries.

This is a raster dataset showing the various land use land cover features of Ghana for 2017 at a resolution of 500m

The data reported in this table are digitised points from the Google Earth Pro platform. This data captures the location and diameter of all charcoal production sites for West Gonja district. It also reveals the spatial distribution and time series of these sites over the entire district for each of the years