Written by Charity Bowles, who worked with Friends of the Earth, Ghana, on the National Coalition on

Written by Charity Bowles, who worked with Friends of the Earth, Ghana, on the National Coalition on Mining. She will be graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, this May.

Sources: "Newmont's Ghana Mine Project Seen Starting in August," Reuters, February 14, 2003; "Ghana Lures Miners with New Laws Opening Forests," Reuters, February 20, 2003; "Golden Greed: Trouble Looms Over Ghana's Reserves," Mike Anane, League of Environmental Journalists, February 12, 2003.