GEOSCIENCE SHOULD LEAD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT-GOV'T.

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Government has urged geoscientists in Ghana to assert their influence on pragmatic measures being adopted towards aligning the country’s development policies towards attainment of the targets set out in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. 

According to government, geoscientists, as professionals whose expertise relate to investigations of the physical composition, structure and processes of the earth, can significantly help in environmental assessment, locate water, mineral and energy resources, while predicting geological disasters to affect national development projects. 

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Mining, Mrs. Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, made the call in the Ashanti region at the opening of the 1st Annual National Conference of the Ghana Institution of Geoscientists. 

The three-day conference, which is on the theme: “The Role of Geoscience in Sustainable National Development” is being attended by geoscientists from Ghana, USA and Nigeria. 

The President of the Ghana Institution of Geoscientists, Alhaji Yakubu Iddrisu, called on government to tap the expertise of geoscientist in developing good ground water map for the country while sustainable measures against the harsh impact of the climate change and other environmental hazards like erosion. 

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resource described geoscience as very important to modern society considering the relevance of the subject to such crucial national life such as in the areas of agriculture, energy, housing, music, telecommunications, environmental management, construction, climate change, natural hazards assessment, land planning as well as petroleum and mining exploration.

 Mrs. Oteng-Gyasi said government believes that experts in the geoscience field should develop the most appropriate technologies for the extraction of mineral resources to eliminate or minimize the negative effects of mining processes as well as for the restoration of lands degraded through irresponsible mining. 

In an address read for him, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, mentioned issues of sustainable environmental management as a critical area that requires the greater input of geoscientists. However, for their importance in society to be better appreciated, these professionals must create public awareness about their institution to engender public goodwill and support.

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