Tag: Deforestation
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Groups call for an end to cocoa farming activities in forest reserves
Some Civil Society Organizations are pushing for an immediate halt of cocoa farming activities within Ghana’s forests. The groups complain that although farming activities in some forests were allowed in 2010, some farmers have invaded the forests due to lack of monitoring. A research by Tropenbos Ghana showed that deforestation in three reserves namely, Krokosua…
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Ghana gets US$50mn World Bank support to fight carbon emissions and deforestation
Ghana – with one of the highest deforestation rates in Africa – has become the third country to sign a landmark agreement with the World Bank that rewards community efforts to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Ghana’s five-year Emission Reductions Payment Agreement (ERPA) with the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund,…