Where are the trees? The ride from Accra, Ghana’s capital, to Samreboi, a sawmill town in the southwestern part of the country, reveals the impact of 50 years of indiscriminate logging and ...

A new report by WaterAid, in partnership with Tree Aid, has revealed that deforestation is driving widespread water loss across West Africa, with Ghana among the hardest hit. The groundbreaking ...

Ghanaian scientists are cultivating seedlings of two critically endangered tree species while searching forests across the country for surviving Talbotiella gentii and Aubregrinia taiensis in the wild ...

Voluntary carbon market's record on benefiting forest communities mixed, with concerns over land deals and engagement UAE's Blue Carbon facing accusations of'colonialism' as it buys large tracts of ...

A drone view shows the excavated pits for illegal mining at the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal District in the Western Region, Ghana August 17, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo ACCRA, Dec 11 ...

Mondelēz International continues to make moves to clean up its cocoa supply chains by teaming up with governments across West Africa in an effort to tackle the problem of deforestation. “The Cocoa ...

Cocoa farmers in Ghana are testing new ways of growing their crops as shifting weather patterns take a toll on yields. Among them is Samuel Davor, a cocoa farmer in Sefwi Wiawso, a village in a forest ...

WWF and Friends of the Earth signed an agreement with Samartex Timber and Plywood Co. Ltd. to foster the responsible management of primary forests in the western region of Ghana. Accra, Ghana – In a ...

Accra, Oct. 30, GNA – Betty Adza’s earnings from her coffee farm have increased more than a thousand-fold over the past five years. Once making barely GHS 500 (about US$47.66) per season, the single ...

Accra : Ghana has banned mining in forest reserves as part of sweeping environmental protections aimed at safeguarding water bodies and halting deforestation, the Ministry of Environment, Science and ...