Ghana could earn tens of millions of dollars for reducing its deforestation rate under a carbon-trading initiative proposed by a coalition of developing countries and under discussion this week at U.N ...
Ghana has around 7.9 million hectares of forested land (35% of the total land area), according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. Around 7.6 million hectares are primary or naturally ...
Bauxite mining would threaten birds, plants, and clean water. A Christian conservation group is fighting the Ghana government in court over plans to mine bauxite in the Atewa Range Forest Reserve. The ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Rampant deforestation has cleared seven percent of Ghana’s tree cover in just over a decade Ghana contains forests that are biologically unique and ...
On Dec. 10, 2025, Ghana’s government revoked one of the worst pieces of environmental legislation in our country’s history. The Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Regulations passed ...
The European Union (EU) has launched a GH₵31 million Forest Restoration Grant Scheme to support four major forest restoration projects across Ghana’s Ahafo, Bono East, Upper East, and Western Regions.
In northern Ghana, a sacred forest is teaching lessons about culture, community, and climate resilience. In the small farming community of Yiwogu, located in Ghana’s Savelugu Municipality, there’s a ...
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations has commended the government and Parliament for revoking Legislative Instrument 2462, which permitted mining in forest reserves. The 17 CSOs, in a joint ...
The European Forest Institute (EFI) has launched a new project to support Ghana’s efforts in sustainable forest management and governance. The project, implemented by five consortiums and titled ...
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