In public comments over the weekend, Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo claimed that plans to mine the bauxite from Atewa Forest would not disturb the wildlife in this Key Biodiversity Area, a site of global importance to the planet’s overall health. Global Wildlife Conservation, the Amphibian Survival Alliance and the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group have joined a growing group of wildlife experts calling these claims patently false.