Tag: Deforestation
Deforestation-Who bears the brunt
GNA Feature by Fatima Anafu-Astanga
Local community participation in forestry management and the availability of forests user rights in Ghana, supported by legal and political...
Deforestation in the Amazon at highest level since 2008 in Brazil
Deforestation of rainforests in Brazil's Amazon region has reached a 12-year high, space agency Inpe, which is responsible for monitoring the rainforest, said on...
Stakeholders collaborate to address deforestation and boost cocoa production
A stakeholders’ workshop to discuss measures to address deforestation and boost cocoa production in the Ahafo Region has been held at Goaso.
It was also...
Ghana scales up efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation, forest degradation
Ghana is making significant progress towards the sustainable management of cocoa forest landscapes, boosting livelihoods and addressing the impacts of climate change
The Government of...
Women in Kwaebibirem District sensitised on improved cookstoves
Women at Kade in the Kwaebibirem District of the Eastern Region have benefitted from a workshop on climate change and...
YAP creates jobs for unemployed youth in Dormaa Municipality – MCE
The government’s Youth in Afforestation Programme (YAP) has recruited 189 young persons in the Dormaa Central Municipality to help address deforestation in the area.
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Ghana to launch REDD+ options to address deforestation and degradation
Dr Augustus Asamoah, Principal Project Manager of Proforest has announced that the government was set to launch the Ghana National REDD+ Strategy Programme.
He said...
Ghana to launch strategic options to address deforestation
Dr Augustus Asamoah, the Principal Project Manager of Proforest, a non-profit organsition for the sustainable use of natural resources, said government was set to...
Trained forest monitors equipped to combat deforestation
Communities fringing Ghana’s forest reserves and in the off reserve areas have always been at the receiving end of illegal activities in the forest...
Eighteen Countries converge in Accra to Debate on Deforestation and degradation
Eighteen countries have met in Accra to discuss how to mitigate deforestation and improve on afforestation as part of the Africa Regional Consultative workshop...
We also need environmental clean-up for economic performance
The Bank of Ghana earlier last year closed down five banks because they were said to have breached several banking regulations. This was...
Ghana & Côte d’Ivoire moves to end deforestation in Cocoa Sector
The Prince of Wales attended a meeting yesterday that brought together senior government representatives from Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire and international business leaders to...
Stakeholders look at ways to curb product driven deforestation
The Tropical Forest Alliance in collaboration with Proforest and the Government of Ghana have begun a four -day meeting to find measures to reduce...
Ghana intensifies fight against deforestation
Authorities in Ghana have intensified their fight against deforestation by clamping down on illegal activities in the country’s forests that threaten sustainable forest resource...
Ghanaians advised to give hope to future generations
The District Chief Executive for Amenfi West, Mr. George Agyiri has stressed the need to protect the natural environment and its resources to give...
Humans Asked Not To Underestimate Importance Of Forest
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, has said the importance of the forest to humanity should not be underestimated but...
The Fight Against Deforestation And Forest Degradation Is Very Crucial – Nana Addo
As part of global effects to curb and reserve the menace of global warming and its resultant climate change, Ghana has committed itself to...
Cocoa industry fast promoting deforestation in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire
The cocoa industry has been identified as one of the major drivers of deforestation in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana, the world's first and second...
Deforestation is Ghana’s leading environmental challenge – Amewu
Deforestation was among leading challenges in Ghana's natural resource management, a senior official said late Wednesday.
John Peter Amewu, the western...
World Bank supports Ghana to combat deforestation and degradation
The World Bank (WB), through a grant agreement with Solidaridad West Africa for Natural Resources Management is supporting 53 selected communities in the Brong-Ahafo...
Survival Of Humanity At Risk – Minister
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister of Environment, Science and Technology Innovation, on Monday asked Ghanaians to be safety conscious and change their attitudes for...
Deforestation helping animal-human disease transmission
Deforestation is creating "disease reservoirs" in west and central Africa that resulted in the deadly Eboloa outbreak and could cause other possible epidemics, a...
Global Warming Has Come To Stay – Chief
Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, the Paramount Chief of the Bawku Traditional Area, has called on all to protect the environment.
He said there is...
UN says South Sudan’s high temperature hurts agriculture
Biplove Choudhary, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Senior Program Advisor, revealed in Juba that the change in temperature coupled with deforestation is a major threat...
More aggression needed to arrest depletion of Ghana’s forests
Hugh Brown, Director of Operations for Plantations Division of the Forestry Commission of Ghana, said although some of the causes of deforestation could not...
Minister asks for action to handle deforestation in Africa
Nii Osah Mills, Ghana's Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, made this call during the International Working Conference on Landscape Restoration that opened on...
Agricultural outlook for 2016 looks pale – Expert
It has also been revealed that the rainfall pattern would also be poor in the year, which will threaten food security in the country.
Against...
Ghana to roll out National REDD+ Strategy
The Government of Ghana will soon come out a robust National REDD+ strategy that will serve as a roadmap for Ghana to implement its...
Water scarcity to hit Ghana
He said right now, Ghana is economically water scarce resources country and needed to manage its water resources sustainably.
The WRC Engineer said Ghana has...
Current trend of deforestation in Ghana unacceptable – Kufuor
He said the continuous decline in forest cover was very largely going to affect food and agricultural produce and jeopardize Ghana's longstanding position as...