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 == Introduction: Facts about the mining industry in Ghana ==
-Mining industry has always played an important role in Ghana´s development. Since the regularization of 1989 when the first legal framework for registration of small-scale gold and diamond mines, mineral production and sales was established in the country, the sector produced and sold around 1.5 million troy ounces of gold and 8.0 million carats of diamonds. The production of minerals often has been on cost of the local environment and produced a negative impact of the society. In order to bring the industry on the way to sustainability the integration of the three pillars of sustainable development is required. Nevertheless there are still difficulties in the stakeholder´s dialogue about this issue as the interests of stakeholders are so different <ref>(AMANKWA, ANIM-SACKE 2002: 1)</ref>.
+The mining industry has always played an important role in Ghana´s development. Since the regularization of 1989 when the first legal framework for registration of small-scale gold and diamond mines, mineral production and sales was established in the country, the sector has produced and sold around 1.5 million troy ounces of gold and 8.0 million carats of diamonds. The production of minerals has often been at the cost of local environment and has produced a negative impact on society. In order to make the industry more sustainable, the integration of the three pillars of sustainable development is required. Nevertheless, there are still difficulties in stakeholder dialogue about this issue as the interests of stakeholders are so different <ref>(AMANKWA, ANIM-SACKE 2002: 1)</ref>.
 == Are Research Institutions really partner for dialogue about long term visions? ==