{"id":1534,"date":"2017-07-11T14:33:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T14:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/texti.me\/atewa\/?page_id=1534"},"modified":"2020-09-14T14:57:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T14:57:53","slug":"advocacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.atewa.org\/index.php\/advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Interested in our cause? &#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3>It Only takes One person to make a change<\/h3>\n<p>We strongly urge the Government to ban mining in Atewa Forest Reserve, which is the source of clean water for about 5 million Ghanaians. Mining will provide short-term income, but it will forever degrade or destroy ecosystem services, such as good fresh water for millions of people. We ask you to make Atewa a National Park and so benefit present and future generations.<\/p>\n<p>We ask the Government of Ghana to save Atewa forests now and in so doing Save Ghana\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Future today![\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n\t<!-- SpeakOut! 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