The Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference has urged all stakeholders especially government to sustain all efforts aimed at ending the destruction to the environment caused by the illegal mining popularly called 'galamsey'.

The Bishops bemoaned the devastating effect of the practice on the environment calling for sustained concerted efforts to nip this practice in the bud.

This was contained in a communique issued at the end of the plenary assembly of the Bishops held in Ho, in the Volta Region. 

The communique signed by President of the Conference, Most Rev. Philip Naameh, Archbishop of Tamale, also lamented the poor state of sanitation in the country.

The Conference held from November 6 to 8, was on the theme 'integral pastoral care for the family in the light of Amoris Laetitia.'

''Let us sustain our efforts to reverse the harsh consequences of this self-inflicted destruction.

"We remind all Ghanaians that our natural resources belong to those gone before us, those of us living and those who will come after us,'' they said.

Referring to a recent report of the UNICEF highlighting the progress on portable drinking water, sanitation and hygiene as well as updates and SDG Baselines - July 2017. 

The report portrayed Ghana as one of the dirtiest countries in the world, a phenomenon the Bishops described as shameful.

''This is a shameful record. Let us rally in support of the campaign to roll back our country's unsavoury sanitation challenges,'' they said. 

The Catholic church recently launched an e-waste management project to manage electronic waste through aggressive education in order to preserve a safe environment for future generations.